Tastes

Sweet nose with some spice notes. Pretty prominent clove note. Taste is buttery, sweet and some baking spices. Sort of complex but almost butterscotch with a subtle note of licorice that lingers after. Nice smooth medium length finish.

Nose: Honey. Pear. Taste: Greeted with lightness of honey and pear sweetness. Nice bit of oak with a hint of smoke and spice. Finishes with more smoke and fruity sweetness. Pretty balanced with a solid mouthfeel. Not too heavy but enough to let you know it’s there. The flavor is a bit dainty, and I think I’d prefer a tiny bit more smoke but, overall, it’s great. Light, fruity flavor paired with a solid body makes this scotch a decent one in my book. Curious for some more complexity as I begin to discover more scotches.

Sweet nose. Heavy vanilla and a bit of corn. Tasting starts with vanilla and opens into more sweet corn and some sort of grain. Light baking spices finish into almost a semi sweet chocolate. Overall a great bourbon. I don’t like my bourbons too sweet so this one is great. I wouldn’t say it is smooth, necessarily, but at 92 proof it’s still great. Second Balcones whiskey I’ve had and it will not be the last.

First glass trying this. Nose, hard to pinpoint but smells creamy and sweet. Sweet corn and honey. Taste is citrusy and honey. Long warm finish.

Nose: Leather and tobacco with light hints of corn. Taste: Pipe Tobacco. Walnut. Corn. Light spice to tie it all together. Overall very enjoyable. Smooth mouthfeel with warm flavors and pleasant, lingering after taste.

Classic Bourbon. When I think of Bourbon, I think of this. It’s just plain good bourbon with no funny business. Smell is tough to place for me. Seems a bit spice forward with light fruit notes. Bit of cinnamon with some nutmeg. Traditional cinnamon and caramel flavors you expect in a bourbon with some sweet honey and fruit notes. Not sure if I love the after taste or not, but it’s heavy on honey and sticks around quite a bit. But other than that, it checks all the “bourbon boxes”. Slam dunk of a go-to bourbon for me.

This is one of my first true Islay scotch’s and wow this was punch in the face. Super smoky and super peaty. Almost overtaking, but I can’t stop drinking it. Described to my fiance as “tastes like I’m eating a campfire”. I’ve got some light pear notes that become more prominent, not only in taste but also in smell. Intriguing and already growing on me only halfway through a glass. I’ll have to revisit this for sure.

On the nose: Orange and oak with a bit of vanilla. Sipping: I tried this one with a single ice cube that melted into it. I pull a strong sweet corn flavor and a lot of oak as well. It finishes with more oak, a little bit of citrus and some spice. My roommate bought this but hated it. I think for $11 this is a great, no BS bourbon! Been sipping on Evan Williams single barrel recently and this competes well. I almost like this more. Probably updates to come.

Big fan of this. Nose: I’m getting a lot of dark fruit notes like cherry. Hard for me to pick out anything else specifically. Sipping: Ver full taste. Not so light as other Irish Whisky’s I’ve tried. Dark fruits again, but a little more citrusy. The fruitiness is nice. The flavor profile is deeper than I can figure out right now but I’m excited to continue exploring this one.

Incredibly smooth whisky with a simple, forward flavor profile. On the nose its VERY maple syrup forward. Light carmel. Sipping, I get a lot of maple and some carmel, almost a butterscotch or toffee note. Only gripe is that I wish it was a bit stronger than 80 proof but, that being the only thing, this is a great canadian whisky in general, and even better for the price.