Tastes
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Picked this up at the Duty Free in Orlando. Nose: Pineapple, mango, soursop, slight acetone. Palate: Tropical fruits, pandan leaf, a few flavours I haven't really experienced before. Finish: Fairly lengthy and the classic Hendricks flavours come through. Juniper, cucumber and some floral notes. This is so unique and strange it's hard to even call it a gin. It's going to make some wacky cocktails. Going to be a while before I get through an entire litre of this though.
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The bottle I bought came with a really cool birdfeeder. Nose: Orchard fruits, cherries, honey, dark chocolate Palate: Honey, caramel apple, buttery, baking spices Finish: Lengthy, warm, spicy with lingering oak. It tastes like a classic. I can only imagine what this would be like at a higher ABV. I suspect it was wise to start here though and work my way up to the bigger birds. Bonus points for managing to sneak buying a bottle of whisky as a gift for my wife. "Look at the beautiful bird feeder I bought you babe! 😉)
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Decided to try a pour of this on the rocks at a work function. My initial impression was that it reminded me of fruit punch. Berries and grapes from the beginning followed by a slightly too sweet mouthfeel. Not much of a finish, but also nothing at all unpleasant about the experience. I get why It's a crowd pleaser. Still, if you looked up overpriced in the dictionary, this would be there right next to the Macallan.
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My other favourite everyday bourbon. Nose: Maple, honey, caramel apple, cinnamon. Palate: Sweet with fairly thin mouthfeel. Orchard fruits and baking spices. Finish: Long, warm, buttery. From start to finish this about as close to eating a warm slice of classic Ameican apple pie as you can get in a flavour profile. Hopefully someday my area will start offering some of the barrel strength options. Until then, I'll always have a bottle of ECSB in my rotation.
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Woodford Reserve Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed January 17, 2024 (edited January 20, 2024)I've been drinking this for years but might as well do a proper review. Even before I knew anything about whisky, I was a fan of WR bourbon. It was one of the first spirits I thought about tasting as opposed to pouring down my gullet. Nose: Caramel, maple, oak and dried fruits. Palate: Classic bourbon profiles, a little watery mouthfeel. Smooth, oaky and lots of caramel, vanilla and burnt sugar. Finish: Medium length and sweetness dries up. Fruity and tannic. This and Elijah Craig small batch are my go-to every day bourbons. I think Distiller's rating is a little high, but I also don't get the people that say it's overrated. It may not be tremendously complex, but damn it's a balanced and tasty dram. -
Maple Leaf Spirits Pear Williams
Eau-de-Vie — British Columbia, Canada
Reviewed January 9, 2024 (edited January 18, 2024)This is my 100th Distiller review. I wanted to try something a little special for this one. I came across this distillery when trying to find Kirsch, and decided to order 5 bottles of their offerings. Their pear Williams is made from 100% distilled Okanagan pears. This is the first review of the five. Nose: The ripest pear you've ever smelled. White pepper. A funk that took me a while to realize was the exact smell of rendered pork fat. Good but not amazing. Palate: Oily mouthfeel. Slightly sweet. An explosion of pear. Hints of Pinot Grigio. The pork fat also comes through but in a good way. You feel like you just ate a quality pork chop with a side of pear sauce. Getting better here. Finish: Surpsingly lengthy. Dries up completely and you're left with floral, almost perfume notes. It's the essence of pear blossom and just stays. Spectacular. The finish brings this from a 3.5 to a 4.25 for me. -
Del Maguey Minero Santa Catarina Minas Mezcal
Mezcal Joven — Oaxaca, Mexico
Reviewed December 31, 2023 (edited January 20, 2024)My first time trying mezcal. Really looking forward to this one. Nose is agave, vegetal, rubber, and lemon. Palate is an absolute fiesta. Savoury herbs, clay, and smoke along with the slightly sweet agave. Finish is warm, lengthy and tremendously complex. This is a completely new experience for me and just as mind blowing as the first time I tried an Islay single malt. -
The Distiller expert score has thus far had me steer clear of BH due to the price. I also recently tried their rye offering and it wasn't for me. I now have a bottle though, and a good friend swears by it, so let's give it a go. Nose: Savoury for a bourbon. Leather, oak and a touch of rye spice. Palate: Also spicy and savoury, with heavy wood notes. This is probably the least sweet bourbon I've tried so far, and it's a nice change of pace. Finish: Medium length, dry and warming. The wood really comes out to play hear, and I get a lingering taste of cedar that reminds me of being in a sauna. As a straight sipper it's good, but it lacking some depth. Could be the low ABV I suppose. It does make one hell of an old fashioned though. Would I buy another bottle at $56? Probably not when there are so many other solid offerings at that price. I will enjoy making some cocktails with this bottle though.
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Found a tester of this at the back of one of my cupboards. It had likely been there for 8-9 years, so the choices were: leave it for another 8-9 years, pour it, or try drinking it. Naturally I chose the last option. Upon cracking it open, it smells like what an alien would create when told to make a raspberry. Palate was ethanol mixed with alien generated raspberry. Finish is shorter than a $5 lap dance. Mixed with cranberry and soda, it's actually not terrible. I guess there's a reason $5 lap dances exist.
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