Tastes
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Stranahan's Blue Peak
American Single Malt — Colorado, USA
Reviewed January 14, 2024 (edited January 15, 2024)Flaviar advent calendar day #11 Nose: sweet, a very light toasted oak, honey. Not quite getting the apricot, but something akin to that is lurking. Very slight leather. Very fruity. Palate: sweet, vanilla, butterscotch, mild spiciness. A warm oak toastiness. Apple pie is a transitions to finish Finish: butterscotch, caramel, oak tannin -
Flaviar advent calendar day #10 Nose: jammy and fruity, specifically Berry jam and cranberry. Vanilla. Red wine is coming through. Honeyed grain Palate: youngish malt notes. A hot one on the tongue. Plum, apple, oak tannin, mild cranberry. A little spicy, pepper as it transitions to finish. Finish: thin, back of throat heat, mild grain and oak, slight minerality
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Flaviar advent calendar day #8 Nose: rye spice, cinnamon, bread, oak. A hint of fruity gummy bear. Nutmeg. Palate: nice and spicy, mild caramel, a hint of herbal notes, cocoa, fruit leather. Mild herbal minty note. Oak, cherry, cinnamon. There's a fruity Sweetness in here to balance out the spicy notes and bitter oak tannins Finish: cherry, oak, cocoa powder, back of the throat heat
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Flaviar advent calendar day # 7 Nose: peat smoke balanced beautifully with spice and jammy fruit, creosote, spicy rye, mint, mesquite Palate: cooked pear, orange peel, very mild smoke and peat. Malt sweetness, mild rye spice, honey, mild mint/herbal note as it transitions to the finish. Little bit of heat. Petrichor and minerals are found at the back end. Finish: floral and woody, spiced wood, oak, petrichor.
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Balcones Lineage Texas Single Malt
American Single Malt — Texas, USA
Reviewed January 7, 2024 (edited April 18, 2024)Flaviar advent calendar day #6 Nose: cedar, fruity candied walnut, melon, tropical. Oily oak. Palate: oaky, bright fruity elements that shift to caramel, spiced wood, mulled apple. Pear. A lot of wood here but balanced well with strong fruity elements. Finish: oily, oak tannins are strong. Mild warmth. Walnut bitterness -
Port Charlotte 10 Year
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed January 6, 2024 (edited January 7, 2024)Nose: moderate smoke and dank peat, but theres a lot more sweetness here than I remember. Creamy Vanilla, orange peel, sweet oak. Salt spray, seaweed Palate: malty sweetness, moderate heat, floral and fruity. Peat reek is there but balanced against a bright zip of citrus and citrus peel. creamy mouthfeel. Splash of seawater as it transitions to the finish. Finish: lingering, here's where the peat phenols come out some more. a little oily and numbing medicinal element on the tongue, substantial oak tannins here. strong leather. -
Flaviar advent calendar day #5 Nose: cinnamon, vanilla, spiced wood, walnut. I can sort of see the banana bread note, it's not strong enough to be ripe banana but it is there. Palate: soft and smooth, baking spice, slight rye, bread, honey, pepper, orange zest. Finish: short, light caramel, milk chocolate, I can see some mint here but it's very faint
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Flaviar advent calendar day #4 Nose: floral and fruity, fig jam, mild chocolate and leather. Hint of dried mint. Apple pie, spiced wood/oak char. As it opens up gets a bit of brown sugar and maple. Palate: incredibly smooth for 100 proof at 5 years. Fruity, Spiced apple, a bit of maple syrup and chocolate. rye spice and dark marmalade? Dates/figs. Hint of leather Finish: full, warm. Leather, spice, dark fruit/fig, oak.
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