Tastes
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Old Soul Straight Bourbon Tintype Series #1 (2021 Release)
Bourbon — Indiana (aged in Mississippi), USA
Reviewed April 8, 2022 (edited December 24, 2022)A potent bourbon in all aspects. High rye nose, with vanilla, caramel, pear, cinnamon, crème brûlée, berries and charred oak. Initially quite hot and spicy on the palate, but once the mouth adjusts it mellows into rich and spicy cinnamon, vanilla, char, rye, caramel, cherry and pear. Hot out of the gate, but give it time. Really nice stuff. Long spicy finish. -
Sweet and fruity nose of mint, agave nectar, spruce, green herbs and earth. Thick and sweet on account of the agave syrup, the sugar and sugary agave masking most of what additional flavors there might otherwise be. I do get some raisin and a hint of black pepper, but that’s about it. Too sweet for a sipper, but this should make a fine cocktail.
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Straight up vanilla and white cake with icing nose. Wedding cake. The cake is big on the palate, but it’s actually dominated by black pepper, and it’s here that a little agave comes through. The finish is lingering black pepper. Decadent on the nose, though it’s not as rich on the palate.Ray's Mexican Restaurant
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Del Maguey Chichicapa Mezcal
Mezcal Joven — Oaxaca, Mexico
Reviewed April 3, 2022 (edited April 4, 2022)On the nose, nuts, gunpowder, grilled pineapple, earth, wet cement, petrichor, wood smoke, vanilla, grass and lettuce. Also, in retrospect, I like the screeching hot brakes comment from @Bourbon_Obsessed_Lexington. Spot on. Rich, smoky, mineral, vegetal and moderately sweet on the palate, with vanilla, agave, smoke, grilled pineapple, salt, wood, white pepper, ash and gravel flavors. Overall very complex, and very earthy and green, but also substantially ashy and smoky. Incorporates a broad spectrum of mezcal aromas and flavors. Funny, I didn’t think it was that smoky at first, but perhaps that’s on account of the complexity. The emptier my glass got, the more I thought I was sitting at a campfire.72.99 USD per BottleTotal Wine & More -
Corralejo Reposado Tequila
Tequila Reposado — Guanajuato, Mexico
Reviewed April 2, 2022 (edited June 18, 2022)Nose: baking spice, watermelon, flowers, vanilla, a little oak, a little charcoal, a little agave, a little black pepper and mint. Lightly sweet and spicy on the palate; vanilla, agave, oak, black pepper. Fairly complex and a treat for a $27 tequila.26.99 USD per BottleTotal Wine & More -
Desert Door Texas Sotol Rare Cask Series: Toasted Barrel
Sotol — Texas, USA
Reviewed March 31, 2022 (edited December 2, 2022)Nose of herbs, sotol, toasted oak, chile pepper, cardamom, grass, mint, smoke, pear, cinnamon, hay, vanilla and cedar. Sweet, spicy, oaky on the palate; grass, toasted oak, hay, cinnamon, vanilla, pear. Very smooth, very balanced, very complex.Total Wine & More -
Willett Family Estate Small Batch Rye 4 Year
Rye — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed March 26, 2022 (edited April 4, 2022)Lovely nose of rye, mint, oak, dark chocolate, flowers, peach and grass. Holy shit this is good. Smooth, rich, sweet and spicy on the palate, with flavors of vanilla, rye, honey, oak, cola, black pepper. Very deep, very bold. -
Laphroaig Quarter Cask
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed March 26, 2022 (edited October 23, 2023)Nose: peat obviously, with salty ocean air, oak, flowers, green herbs, lemon, charcoal, leather, pickle juice and smoke. On the palate it’s smoke and charcoal, vanilla, oak, apple and bandaid. Short finish but the smoke lingers. -
Virginia Distillery Co. Port Cask Finished Virginia-Highland Whisky
Blended Malt — Multiple Countries
Reviewed March 26, 2022Nose of oak, gun powder, black pepper, port, vanilla, pencil eraser and red hots. Oily and sweet; flavors of burnt caramel, vanilla, black pepper, chocolate, apple and wood. Quite rich and sweet. Peppery and sweet finish.SIERRA LIQUORS BEERS WINES
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