Tastes

Had to come back to this whiskey several times and each time was more enjoyable than the last. The first things I noticed on the nose were cereal and honey followed by cake frosting and a variety of fruit including red apples, a healthy amount of pears, and some very slight toasted coconut. A lot of the flavors on the nose translate really well into the palate with the cereal, apples, and pear coming through in that order leaving with a light fruity sweetness on the aftertaste . If I were to be nitpicky, I'd giving this a 4.5 with some points off for the rather short finish. A very sweet, friendly, and lovely whiskey which I'd give to beginners as their 2nd to 4th whisk(e)y if I am willing to put out the extra dollar ($45 where I live).

The nose on this I find a bit less that expected with the usual Speyside of butterscotch and honey with some hints of a light rum. The palate however is much more interesting with an initial hit of the butterscotch and honey followed by green unripe mango in the mid palate and freshly pressed sugarcane juice ending with some pineapple. This whisky tapers off at the end and doesn't leave much of an aftertaste. I would consider this a 3.5.

Nose: berries, plums, a little bit of peanut butter. Taste: plums, pears, and sour berries and grapes on the finish along with burnt wood.

This whiskey really knows how to bite back despite only being above average in terms of ABV. Summer fruits on the nose which carries into the palate, especially with plum. The notes altogether reminds me of a fruit cake.

Very friendly whiskey. It's very easy to drink and I would definitely recommend to newcomers to whiskey, but it is otherwise uninteresting.

This and Jim Beam are a good reference point for bourbon whiskey and are great choices to compare bourbons to when getting started.

Had to drink a bottle of this, mostly out of peer pressure, when I was in Japan. This whisky is the only unpleasant memory of my trip there. I remember this being very one-dimensional in terms of flavor and tasting solely of wood and honey. Probably should of had it in a highball.