Tastes

For its age it has a wonderful dark amber color with a nose that hits you at first with cinnamon, followed up with caramel, oak, leather and hints of milder baking spices and cocoa. The palate is very dry but rich, with a mouthful of oak, cinnamon, caramel, pepper, brown sugar and a touch of dark chocolate. The finish is long and dry and oaky with lingering cinnamon while caramel and dark chocolate fade slowly.

This is a brown wax from 5/15/84 and is 7 years 5 months. It is dark amber in color with heavy legs that quickly coat the glass when swirled. The nose at first is hot and peppery but is followed by dry oak, cinnamon, cooked caramel, vanilla, brown sugar and a faint hint of cherry and dried flowers. The palate is dry and full of pepper cinnamon, but rich with oak, caramel, vanilla and brown the sugar. The finish is long and spicy, with cinnamon that keeps the mouth hot, with oak, cooked caramel and brown sugar that fades as a slight dry cherry lingers.

The nose is oak forward along with cherry, cinnamon, vanilla, molasses and a hint of leather. The palate is rich and oaky with creamy vanilla, cinnamon, cherry syrup and cooked brown sugar. The finish is medium long with fading oak, cinnamon and cooked vanilla.

The nose is mild with oak, sweet cereal notes, oak, soft baking spices, buttery caramel and molasses. The palate is smooth with oak, vanilla and caramel at first, with gently spicy baking spices following it. The mouthfeel is sweet and somewhat creamy but not mouth coating. The finish is medium with oak and vanilla sweetness fading nicely while baking spices keep the mouth tingling.

The nose is strong but not overpowering, with cherry syrup, oak, vanilla, molasses and baking spices, mingling amongst each other. Overall the nose is very creamy and buttery, and cake like. The palate is oak forward and slightly dry, with baking spices and black pepper following it, followed by vanilla, caramel and molasses, with a hint of cherry mixing with the spiciness. The finish is long and creamy and oaky with lasting spiciness while vanilla, caramel and molasses slowly fade. Perfection.

The nose is a great balance of honey and straw with sweet oak, malt and a touch of licorice. The palate is smooth with honey, straw, a touch of banana, sweet oak and barley sugar. The finish is medium and pleasant with lingering honey and straw with a fading sweetness.

The nose hits you at first with oak and cinnamon, with vanilla, butter, molasses and a hint of salt and leather rounding it out. The palate is dry and rich, with oak, cinnamon, creamy vanilla, molasses and a bit of smoke. The finish is long and spicy with oak that lingers, while vanilla and molasses fade slowly.

The nose is gentle with oak, brine, rye, cooked brown sugar and caramel. Oak and caramel carry over into the palate, followed by brine, vanilla, smoke, leather and rye. The finish is medium with lingering rye, oak and brine, while vanilla and caramel fade behind it.

The nose is gentle with sweet rum spices, baked apple pie, soft oak, rye, orange zest, vanilla and caramel as it breathes. The palate rich and mouth coating, with sweet rum, rye, oak, vanilla, brown sugar and baking spices all nicely balanced. The finish is medium long with lingering baking spices that keep the mouth tingling, while rye, sweet rum, vanilla and caramel fade smoothly.

Distilled in 1958 the nose is very oaky with cherry syrup, floral rye spice, molasses and leather. The palate is dry and spicy with rye, black pepper, cinnamon, cherry syrup, oak, molasses, cooked brown sugar and a hint of vanilla. The finish is medium with lingering rye while oak, black pepper and molasses fade.