Tastes

Nose: salt, peat, candied fruits from the sherry, soil after a rainstorm. Palate: Peat, smoke, iodine, fruity sweetness. Finish, smoke, peat, sweet, and somehow the dryness in the mouth of scuba diving.

Nose: Nuts, yeast, malt, spices, sweet leather. Palate: Campbeltown funk in spades. Lovely. Industrial. Finish: short with watery mouthfeel

Good, not too spicy. I need to find out what the consistent flavor profile across Wild Turkey products is. There’s something consistent there and I can’t put my finger on it. I’ve heard “dusty” but I’m not satisfied by that description. If anyone has thoughts on the wild turkey profile across products, please comment.

Sweet nose with some clove, peaty palate and finish with a spin of herbs.

Batch 89 Baking spices, vanilla, oak, with a pinch of sherry and smoke. Fan of their attempt to add complexity to a one dimensional bourbon. If I was a fan of corn, I’d rate it higher and appreciate the unique finishes, but the core of this is simplistic bourbon flavors.

Honey sticks

Nose: A vat of high fructose corn syrup sitting in a sugar cane processing facility. Sugar, sugar, sugar. Palate: Roof of the mouth, watery, aspartame sugar. Finish: Hot, spicy. Well made but not for me.

Nose: Fruity, floral, honey, mint, oak, red apple. Palate: Mouthfeel is viscous. Mellow for first half, with a huge ramp up to a spicy finish. Not as impressed with the palate to be honest. Finish: Medium length of roasted malt and spice. Yellow spot still better in totality than this.