Tastes

The nose is an incredible blend of spicy oak and floral notes, candy apple, sweet caramel, baking spices and dark chocolate holding everything together. The palate is dry and very oaky with dark chocolate bringing a wave of baking spices, brown sugar, vanilla and caramel that swirl around the mouth. The finish is long and dry with oak and dark chocolate, with vanilla, brown sugar and caramel fading pleasantly, leaving the mouth swirling in flavor.

The nose has pleasant oak up front that is met with cinnamon, with smooth vanilla and caramel and a slight fruitiness in the background. The oak and cinnamon mix very pleasantly on the palate with it leaning more towards cinnamon, as the vanilla and caramel keep it balanced. Oak lingers in the mouth while the cinnamon fades and keeps the mouth tingling for a nice long finish.

The nose is sweet of corn and cereal grains, with buttery creaminess, a hint of oak and the faintest trace of peach. The palate feels rich at first but quickly turns dry, as all of the sweet notes coat the mouth adding pleasant creaminess to the mouthfeel. The millet doesn’t make itself distinct but you can tell there is no rye or malted barely in this whiskey. The finish is somewhat short and releases some baking spices and buttery notes that linger while all of the sweetness quickly fades.

The starts sweet with peach and apple, along with rye and caramel that is mostly gentle, but does have an underlying spiciness. The palate starts with oak and caramel along with strong rye spiciness that starts off rich and full but gradually turns dry. The finish is medium with fading rye and fruits. Fairy simple to drink.

Batch 2 has a nose that is sweet with oats, ripe apples, fresh sweet bread, touches of brown sugar and cherry with a bit of apple cider vinegar. The palate is rich with yeasted sweet bread as the apple cider vinegar coats the mouth with some astringency as burnt sugar and floral notes come behind. The finish is long with astringent ripe green apple keeping the mouth tingling as the sweet notes fade.

The palate starts with cinnamon, butter, toasted oak and the slightest hint of caramel all making for a very creamy aroma. The palate is butter and nutty, with oak, baking spices, some floral notes and a touch of orange. The finish is long with lingering cinnamon and fading oak as the mouth stays coated in butter and creamy nuttiness.

The nose has hints tropical fruit, vanilla, caramel and a touch of oak. The palate starts out slightly dry with spicy oak balanced by sweet caramel and vanilla, with salted peanut coming out behind it. The finish is medium but leaves the spicy oak for a bit long, while the caramel and vanilla fade slowly and nicely.

The nose has orange, oak, vanilla, butter, brown sugar and a hint of licorice. The palate is slightly hot but very full, with baked bread coming across at first with vanilla, caramel, brown sugar and a slight bit of peppermint. The hotness smooths out, and the tingling left behind leaves for a medium finish with all other flavors fading away underneath it.

The nose is simple with oak, vanilla, caramel, green fruits and some honey. These carry over into the palate in a very soft and gentle fashion, but the finish is very quick which sees these flavors all balanced, but fade quickly.

The nose starts off with spicy, toasted oak sitting alongside well with creamy fudge, vanilla, and clove. Toasted oak comes across right away on the palate with vanilla and caramel next to it, backed up by baking spices, primarily clove. On the finish, the spiciness gives way to chocolate that lingers with toasted oak, while the vanilla and caramel fades in a way that can almost be missed.