Tastes

Red apple and vanilla custard nose, light; baked apples, stone fruit, ume, and vanilla; thick and with a little spice; quick finish with apple pie with a little baking spice

Green apple, grass, and custard; biscuit, Japanese pastry, baked green apples; medium texture, low and slow burn; medium length finish with spice, baked apple, and pastry

Pure cane sugar nose; caramelized sugar, baking spice; medium spice, medium texture; fairly dry; finishes with sow baking spice, pretty quick

Fascinating nose with mostly grapefruit flesh, sage, and honeysuckle nectar; dark berries, dark chocolate, walnuts and walnut skin, and pink peppercorn; remarkable smooth for a rye—it’s incredible, and fairy creamy; long, smooth, sweet finish with a little cardamom and anise; this is my favorite rye ever

2021. The benchmark for single barrel bourbon for me. Nose baking spice, corn ethanol, some dark berry, and a little cinnamon; body is corn, light caramel, baking slice, and a little vanilla; it’s got a great oily texture and is not too hot; medium finish with oak, brown sugar, baking slice, and blackberry

Nose is oak and baking spice; very malty with baking spice and vanilla with that dry dusty wheat character; pretty hot and fairy dry; finishes with heat and baking spice; cool for the novelty and a solid cask strength whiskey, but not amazing to me

Fantastic, rich nose with almond, plum, pear, vanilla, and sherry; almond, oak, sherry body that is tasty, but not as good as the nose; pretty dry; fairly thin; smooth; short finish with sherry, oak, and some vanilla; overall a fantastic sherry aged whisky, though quite dry

Nose if vanilla, blackberry, and caramel; great blackberry, apple, and fig, fruit heavy body with also a lot of dark tannic wood; quite smooth with little burn; medium texture; fairly dry; finishes with nutmeg, tannins, and fig; very fruit heavy for a scotch

Plum, mild baking spice, vanilla, and fresh mizunara oak nose is lovely; there’s honestly not a ton of flavor unfortunately, a balanced grassy note from mizunara predominate with a bit of sweet pastry bread flavor from the barley; slightly hot, fairly thin; finishes clean with mizunara oak only; it’s nice to get the mizunara flavor, but otherwise, not very complex or interesting for the price; I’m curious about the iterations with age statements