Tastes

Nose is vanilla, plums, fresh grains, and a touch of spice. Taste is sweet raisins, light smoke, and vanilla. Finish is nice and long, with no alcohol burn.

Overall a light, easily approachable scotch. Nose is honey, caramel, underripe pears, and white bread. Taste is pear apple fruitiness, cigar tobacco, and light oak. Finish is short and fairly weak but still pleasant.

Nose is vanilla, orange, a touch of leather, and rock candy. Taste is sweet grain and corn, oak, heat, and some butterscotch. Long pleasant finish.

Nose is vanilla, honey cakes, light spices, and corn. Overall very sweet. Taste is more vanilla, light char, grains, and a hint of the honey sweetness from the nose. Finish is fairly short with barley any burn at all.

Nose is honey sweet rye, lightly toasted wood, and even cherries. Taste is classic rye, heavy spice, sour fresh grain, pepper, and a bit of barrel char. Finish is longer than expected for the proof.

3rd bottle of my Christmas whiskey share ($80ish bottles). Nose is warm buttery spices, caramel, vanilla, and an acetone note. Taste is sour grain, grass, heavy spices, and leather. Finish is long and fairly hot but enjoyable. Great rye whiskey.

Part two of my Christmas whiskey share ($80ish range). Nose is campfire smoke, seawater, brown sugar, and bbq. Taste is wonderfully peaty, raisins, brine, drying, and a touch of iodine. The finish is long, Smokey, with hints of iodine. Overall a great islay expression, highly recommended.

Nose is oaked vanilla, butter, and baking spices. Taste is rich leather, cinnamon, butter, and ginger snap cookies. Finish is long, warm, and redolent of maple syrup.

Part one of my Christmas whiskey share ($80ish range). Pours a beautiful dark honey color. Nose is super rich honey, sherry, butter, and sugar cookies. Taste is rich spicey holiday cake, pipe tobacco, and butter. Finish is long and warm. Wonderful scotch and perfect for Christmas for sure!

Pennsylvania made peated bourbon. Nose is an interesting mix of classic bourbon and peated scotch: buttery caramel, fireside smoke, oak, and cereals. Taste is more buttery smooth bourbon, balanced smoke, sweetness, a tiny bit of brine, and some stone fruit. Finish is short but pleasantly smokey.