Tastes

The nose is yeasty with cinnamon balancing nicely with caramel, vanilla, butterscotch and hints of clove and charred oak in the background. The palate is an explosion of baking spices that are not overwhelming and gives way to butterscotch, smoke, coffee and dried apples. The finish is long with clove and spices that carry through from the palate that linger over fading vanilla, caramel and oak.

The nose is soft and subtle with vanilla, oak, almond and hints of orange and buttery cake. The softness carries over into the palate with corn sweetness and gentle cinnamon coating the mouth balanced by the vanilla and oak and the slightest bit of sweet fruit and almond. The finish is medium with warm cinnamon that lingers while the vanilla and oak gradually fades.

The nose is spicy of black pepper and dominated by oak and port with hints of toffee and cinnamon. The palate is dry and full of rye spiciness with dry port sweetness coming through, with cinnamon, vanilla and toffee in the background. The finish is medium and mouth warming with rye and cinnamon that fades and gives way to faint vanilla and toffee.

The nose starts off with dusty oak, leather, caramel, baking spices and hints of vanilla and mint. The palate is soft with pepper that opens up gradually, along with vanilla, caramel, rye spiciness, a touch of dark chocolate and the slightest bit of oak and mint. The finish is medium long with the rye lingering as the mint opens up a little bit, with oak, creme brûlée and caramel balancing everything out. Good complexity, but not overwhelming. Delicious.

The nose is oaky and creamy with toasted rye, vanilla and toffee. The palate is rich and dry and fills the mouth with a sweet and spicy rye balanced perfectly with toffee, while vanilla lingers in the background. The finish is medium long with rye spiciness that lingers for a while with toffee that keeps things balanced and sweet. Not a complicated whiskey, but everything it has it does exceptional.

The nose is an immediate mix of sherry and peat, with smoke, straw, fig, cooked brown sugar and a hint of hazelnut and malt. The palate is peaty but balanced by the sherry notes, underlined by black pepper and spice. The finish is warm with peat that fades while the pepper lingers before giving way to orange oil.

The nose shows it’s youth by featuring cinnamon and a bit of pepper right off the top, along with nutmeg, oak, with cooked sugar, vanilla and caramel in the background. Touches of brown sugar comes out as it breathes. The palate is dry and oaky and leads with pepper, cinnamon and nutmeg as vanilla custard and a slight nuttiness follows. The finish is medium long with cinnamon that keeps the mouth warm and tingling and lingering vanilla, oak and caramel.

The nose of batch B517 immediately hits you with oak, rye spiciness, leather, soft pepper and a hint of chocolate, which all softens as it breathes. The palate is dry with oak upfront along side pepper and rye, followed by toasted vanilla, and a hint of caramel and mint. The finish is long, dry and spicy with oak, rye, pepper and fading vanilla. Not a complicated whiskey but it is excellent in what it brings to the table.

The nose has notes of straw, toasted cereal, pear and honey. The palate continues with pear and honey along with vanilla, leather, smoke, a slight pepperiness and a touch a burnt sugar. The finish is medium length with barley sugar, straw, honey, vanilla and a lingering pepper that sadly doesn’t stick around long enough.

The nose starts off with rye spiciness, brown sugar, a touch caramel and vanilla, all held together by oak. The palate is mouth coating with oak, strong rye spiciness and cinnamon, underlined by brown sugar, caramel, vanilla and cherry syrup. The finish is long and spicy with oak and cherry syrup which lingers and gives way to vanilla and toffee.