Tastes

Very light and vanilla-y. Inedibly smooth and somewhat creamy. But very thin in the body and subtle in flavor. Not the biggest fan.

This is a great wheater, with some different characteristics than the other MGP stuff out there. Not as sweet, a bit lighter on the pallette with the tiniest bit of malt on the nose. But still, a little thin and not too much special.

Its okay, but the flavor is muddied. Too much going on, so the oakiness is lost. Just a (admittedly mediocre) rye bomb.

I really love this. Soft, but complex, with a subtle sweetness.

Whoa. Fantastic. Creamy with a light sherry note, rounded out with the bourbon cask notes.

Really complex but still softer and less distinguishable in it's flavor profile.

Probably the best Irish Whisky I've ever had. The aroma is crazy. Like straight rubbing alcohol, but oh man, the flavor. Grassy, leathery, with a touch of salinity. Fantastic and smooth, even at cask strength.

What a fantastic rye. I don't think I've ever had one finished in pork barrels, but it is a perfect complement to the rye. It's really tasty and really sweet, and it might have more corn in the mash bill than most other ryes. Or maybe that's the port. This is very complex, with a syrupy roundness around the rye spice, leading to a very nice sweet and spice balance. As it opens up and mellows, there's a more herbal, grassy finish on the nose, and water really brings out some cool flavors, including this note I can't quite figure out. I don't know if it's like a pot still funkiness or apricot, orange peel, or honeysuckle. But it sits there and lingers in The taste and the nose and is really nice. I really like this rye.

This may be my first speyside scotch I've tasted, so maybe I'm still learning how to taste it. But the Sherry notes are completely integrated into the flavor here to the point that you can't distinguish them, but in a really pleasant way. A lot of red fruit flavors and a great evolution. It's a strong bite and a light medium body, but with less flavor in the middle than you would think. It has a woody roundness to the flavor. Even as it opens up, the beginning and the body have a mellower taste, but the finish becomes kind of harsh. It's not a very pleasant end. But maybe this is the spiciness people talk about with speyside scotches. But with this age and secondary finish, I expected a softer experience in the back end.