Tastes

The nose is intense with freshly cut wood, spearmint, some allspice and leather. It is a very intriguing nose that gives a lot of curiosity to the palate. As it breathes, it opens up and becomes quite an alluring smell. The palate is very woody, but in a pleasant way. Behind it is black pepper, cinnamon and a touch of cherry. The finish is medium, not nearly as long as you might expect. There is fading oak and vanilla, with the pepper and spices fading quickly. As it breathes even more, the whole experience mellows further. Interesting sipper, but lacking depth.

The nose is an immediate hit of caramel apples, peanuts, a slight pepperiness from the high proof, with some underlying vanilla and oak. As it breathes, the nose opens up and softens beautifully. The palate is dry and sweet with caramel and cinnamon up front, and the oak and vanilla right behind it. The finish is long and has a dry oakiness with fading caramel, cinnamon and citrus.

The nose is sweet of banana bread and cooked sugar with cinnamon and oak in the background. There is oak, sugar and a touch of vanilla on the palate with the banana bread carrying over, with it all coming together smoothly. The finish is medium and slightly creamy with fading notes of sweet bread, oak and cinnamon.

The nose is sweet of dark brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, a little bit of oak and has a slightly grassy and lemony quality to it. The palate starts off peppery and slightly dry and grassy, with salted popcorn, vanilla, cinnamon, dark brown sugar, hints of cooked caramel, cocoa powder and honey. The finish is medium long with fading pepper, cocoa powder and cinnamon balanced by vanilla and oak, while the sweetness fades. Very drinkable for cask strength, but could do with a bit more aging.

The nose takes a little bit to open up and has good spiciness on top balanced by orange, slight vanilla and baked bread. The palate is dry with creamy oak tannins, black pepper, cinnamon and a touch of citrus. The finish is medium length with vanilla, caramel, pepper and some nice spiciness. A little simple but incredibly enjoyable at a fantastic price point.

The nose is gentle considering it’s alcohol level, with soft oak, vanilla, butterscotch, rye, and hints of mint, lemon and gingerbread. It coats the mouth gently with oak and caramel which turns into a creamy butterscotch with gingerbread, baking spices and a bit of vanilla and maple. The finish lingers with fading baking spices and pepper that leave the mouth tingling, along with the slightest bit of mint and maple underneath vanilla and green apple. Slightly complex and excellent.

The nose is hot with a good balance of vanilla, caramel, brown sugar and a hint of cherry. The palate is dry with vanilla, oak, cinnamon and cherry syrup. The finish is medium and leaves the mouth tingling with cinnamon and spices, on top of quickly fading vanilla. A fairly simple whiskey, but it makes every bit count.

The nose is very spicy at first, but as it breathes notes of brown sugar, oak, butterscotch, hazelnut and maple come out in nice balance. The palate is soft and sweet, with cinnamon coating the mouth balanced by vanilla, and faint notes of caramel. The finish is short to medium with cinnamon and a bit of pepper leaving the mouth tingling while flavors from the palate fade a little too quick.

The nose is soft with honey, apples, caramel and slight hints of vanilla, oak and black pepper. The palate is sweet with honey, caramel apple, black pepper with a touch of vanilla underneath. The finish is medium length with emerging cinnamon and fading caramel. A little simple but thoroughly enjoyable.

The nose has balanced and pleasant notes of maple, caramel, vanilla, with a touch of salt, grapefruit and oak. The palate opens with salted caramel on top of maple and vanilla, and is very mouth coating, with touches of oak and pepper coming out. The finish is long and peppery with fading oak and caramel. Delicious.