Tastes

The nose starts with linseed oil, honey, lemon, charred oak and a touch of caramel. The palate feels thin while the honey carries over along with a slight bit of the linseed oil, while charred oak finishes it. The finish is quick, with all flavors fading together while leaving behind a spicy mouthfeel.

The nose starts with charred oak and cherry syrup, followed by burnt caramel, molasses and some slight rye spiciness. The palate is dry but rich and starts off full of vanilla and charred oak while the cherry doesn’t fill carry over. It is joined by caramel, creamy rye and plenty of char. The finish is medium with vanilla and oak that sticks around for a while before slowly fading leaving a bit of rye spice.

The color is bright gold and gently coats the glass as it gives off a nose of barley, citrus, honeyed nuts and creamy cereal. Sweet barely coats the mouth for a rich mouthfeel, followed by intense black pepper which is balanced by citrus, creamy cereal and a hint it nuttiness. The pepper is tamed as the whiskey breathes, and it enjoys a long finish full of barely and pepper with a pleasant creaminess underneath. Bold and excellent.

The nose is gentle, surprising for the proof, and has oak, vanilla, molasses and hints of cherry and leather. The palate doesn’t quite feel like it coats the entire mouth, but immediately brings oak, cinnamon, vanilla, molasses and a bit of cherry and cola to finish it up. The finish is medium with a lingering cinnamon oakiness with soft molasses that fades.

The nose is sweet with baked pecan, brown sugar, caramel, vanilla, oak, fresh bread and the slightest hint of cherry. The palate is semi dry and rich and full of baking spices, baked pecan, brown sugar, caramel and vanilla. The finish is long and cinnamon spicey with fading pecan, brown sugar, caramel and vanilla.

The nose is full of ripe fruit, sweet caramel, oak and vanilla. The palate is dry and fills the mouth with oak, caramel, vanilla, strong baking spices with just a hint of ripe fruit in the background. The finish is long with caramel, oak and vanilla that lingers, with baking spices that fade nicely. This has aged to perfection.

The nose starts with cherry, leather, oak and vanilla. The palate is dry but mouth coating, with the cherry carrying over and mixing nicely with vanilla, along with oak, cinnamon and cream. The finish is medium long with a creamy oak that lingers along with fading cinnamon and vanilla.

The nose is full of rye with equal amounts of floral notes, along with ginger, baking spices, with oak and vanilla balancing it all out. The palate is hot and peppery with strong cinnamon and rye, with charred oak and a touch of vanilla. The finish is long and the hotness carries over with cinnamon filling the mouth on top of charred oak. This whiskey seems all over the place and slightly confused, which is disappointing for a whiskey of this stature.

The nose starts off floral with baking spices, followed by orange zest, oak, vanilla and caramel. The palate is rich and somewhat chewy and full of rye spiciness balanced by vanilla, with oak, caramel and baking that follow. The finish is medium to long with lingering rye and vanilla with fading oak and caramel.

The nose starts with vanilla and baking spices, followed up with oak, custard and a soft floral fruitiness. The palate is full of cinnamon and baking spices, with oak and vanilla balancing it out while followed by a floral tone, sweet fruit, caramel and buttered bread. The finish is long and peppery with creamy vanilla and oak that fades and fades.