Tastes
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The color is a vibrant amber, not as dark as you would expect for 23 years old. The nose is sweet and oaky, with plenty of pleasant brown sugar, vanilla, caramel and a touch of fruit. It almost smells like ice cream. The palate is rich and full of sweet oak, as well as a heavy creaminess. The finish is medium long with is lasting sweet oak, while the sweeter notes fade as if the ice cream has meted and all the flavors come together.
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Little Book Chapter 3: The Road Home
Blended American Whiskey — Kentucky , USA
Reviewed December 11, 2019 (edited December 13, 2019)The color is rich amber with a caramel hue and leaves the glass coated in a thick and distinct veil of oils. The nose leads off with buttered toast balanced by ripe fruit, with vanilla and caramel following all with an underlying oakiness and a very inviting richness. The palate is right away dry but chewy, with a richness that coats the mouth along with oak, filling the mouth with butter, vanilla, caramel and a wonderful creaminess. The fruitiness takes more of a backseat but is there in the background to tie everything off. The finish is medium long with a lasting oakiness and richness that keeps the mouth feeling chewy, while a rye spiciness presents itself as the rest of the palate fades. What a wonderful experience this bourbon is. -
Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond 13 Year (Spring 2019)
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed December 11, 2019 (edited January 26, 2020)The color is a dark and lush amber that coats the glass in heavy waves of oils. The nose is soft with gentle oak, dark chocolate and fruit with hints of rich creaminess of vanilla and caramel with notes of spiciness. The palate is rich and turns dry the longer you hold it in your mouth. It is oak forward in a very pleasant way along with a peppery fruitiness, while the creamy notes of vanilla sweet caramel keep it balanced. The finish is medium with a lingering spicy oakiness, while the richer notes fade nicely, leaving behind a wonderful mouthfeel of dark chocolate. The whiskey is held back by its nose being too subtle and finish that sadly doesn’t last long enough to compliment the great palate. -
Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond 9 Year (Fall 2018)
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed November 28, 2019The nose is full of charred oak along with baking spices that can bite if you’re not careful. Vanilla, brown sugar, caramel, leather and touches of ripe fruit and peanuts follow all nicely in balanced with each other. The oak and baking spices carry over strongly to the palate for a slightly dry and chewy mouthfeel, backed up by the sweeter notes of vanilla, brown sugar and caramel while pleasant notes of peanut fill the mouth with a little smoke coming at the end. The finish is medium long spicy along with oak that lasts as the rest of the palate fades behind it. -
Wild Turkey American Spirit
Bourbon — Kentucky , USA
Reviewed November 25, 2019 (edited April 1, 2020)The color is a glowing, dark amber, wonderfully coating the glass with each swirl with an endless amount of thin, heavy legs. The nose is oaky and at the same time full of ripe fruit. A creamy blend of vanilla custard, caramel and brown sugar follow while baking spices give a nice spicy finish to the nose, along with a certain hint of saltiness. The palate is chewy, slightly dry and oaky, with pleasantly strong baking spices coming through, along with vanilla custard, caramel, brown sugar and a touch of pepper. The finish is medium long with oak and sweet vanilla custard coming together to lingering as baking spices keep the mouth warm, while the palate fades if just a bit too soon. -
Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond 6 year candleholder decanter
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed November 25, 2019The color is a very dark and rich amber and with any movement of the glass it becomes completely coated in heavy, never ending legs. Stitzel-Weller was known for using barrels that had thicker staves than usual so that more whiskey would permeate into the wood, and perhaps this is what gives such a dark color despite being only 6 years old. The nose is very oaky but not over powering, while at the same time very buttery along with the perfect amount of vanilla. A touch of baking spices comes out along with the faintest hint of cherry. The palate is rich and slightly oily, with the oak filling the mouth while the butteriness carries through for a wonderful mouthfeel. Vanilla and touches of baking spices follow, making this seem almost like a rich dessert. The finish is medium with lingering oak and a bit of cinnamon, while the rest of palate fades away together with a very creamy finish. Truly a great bourbon, held back only by the flavors being a bit too gentle which sadly cut the finish too short. -
The nose starts with dark chocolate and charred oak, quickly followed by vanilla, butterscotch, baking spices and a hint of fruit. The palate is somewhat chewy and dry with baking spices and charred oak coming on strong, while vanilla, dark chocolate spicy rye and a slight leatheriness bring it all together. The finish is long with a lingering cinnamon spiciness along with charred oak while the rest of the palate fades nicely together. Not simple, but not complicated, making for a perfectly balanced bourbon that leaves you wanting to keep exploring it sip after sip.
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TINCUP 10 Year American Whiskey
Other Whiskey — Indiana (bottled in Colorado), USA
Reviewed November 21, 2019 (edited January 25, 2022)The nose is very mild with vanilla, butterscotch, cherry syrup, brown sugar and a touch of oak and rye spiciness. Oak comes through stronger on the palate balanced by vanilla, while the rest of what was on the nose falls in line very subtly, while the rye stays nicely in the background but enough is there to have a presence. The finish is medium with lingering oak and vanilla while rye fades nicely. Overall a very nice whiskey to sip on and is deceivingly smooth, but at the same time could stand to be a bit more aggressive. -
The color is a dark reddish amber that coats the glass but takes a minute to start dripping down the sides. The nose starts with cherry cola, oak, sawdust, leather, cooked brown sugar and caramel. The palate fills the mouth softly with a perfect mix of what was found on the palate, all coming together in one wave of flavor. No one element stands out more than the other, but cinnamon and a touch of pepper do come out at the end. The finish is long and oaky with the palate subsiding and leaving the cinnamon and pepper to come together with the oak as it lasts and lasts. Definitely different from other early 1980s bottlings.
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Coopers' Craft Original 82.2 Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed November 19, 2019 (edited March 25, 2020)The nose is very fruity with plenty of apple and pear covering up slight hints of vanilla and caramel, while dry oak occasionally let’s you know it’s there. The palate begins to dry out the longer you hold it in your mouth, as the fruity notes blend pleasantly with oak, while rye surprisingly makes an appearance. The finish is medium that sees the palate as a whole come together and fade nicely. This is a very simple and easy to drink bourbon, but just because it is simple does not mean it should be underestimated.
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