Tastes

Fresh crack neat. Nose is fruity spicy butterscotch. Taste is sweet fruity spice with spicy vanilla fruity finish. I get some dry oak afterwards also. I’m pretty surprised. It’s good.

140.2. Neat. Nose is oaky brown sugar spice. Taste spicy caramel with a oaky baking spice peanut finish. This one drinks more of its proof than the other proof I tried. overall I liked the 140.6 bottle I tried better.

Neat. Nose is sweet spicy with a gingerbread note to me. Taste is sweet brown sugar cinnamon spice with a spicy oaky finish. I like it. Personally don’t feel it’s very complex but like the proof.

Fresh crack neat. 65.35% 14y. Nose is brown sugar cherry and oak. Taste follows the nose for me with some heat and a long oaky cherry dry sweet finish.

Neat. Nose is brown sugar vanilla spice. Taste is sweet vanilla caramel brown sugar with a baking spice oak finish. I also get hints of apple.

Neat. Nose is fruity and vanilla. Taste is sweet and fruity with a spicy oak finish. Pretty thin. I get notes of leather, cherry / dark fruit also. It’s better than I expected but very light due to low proof.

Neat. Nose is fruity brown sugar. Taste is sweet and spicy with a brown sugar baking spice finish. I also get vanilla, berries and oak notes. I like it.

Neat. Nose is fruity and spicy. Taste is sweet up front with a spicy sweet oaky finish. I get notes of brown sugar, caramel, vanilla, oak and baking spices. I get a lot of sweetness. I like it.

Neat. Nose is oaky spice with butterscotch notes. Taste is sweet oaky with a spicy finish. I get notes of cherry and baking spices. I also get a bandaid like note that I do in Joseph magnus. Not very pronounced but I pick it up a bit. I think it is pretty good. I had low expectations as I thought the 12 year was a drain pour.

Neat. Nose is oaky vanilla. Taste is sweat butterscotch up front with a spicy oaky vanilla finish. It’s not worth the hype to me.