Tastes
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Nose: Malt, light citrus and creme, almost like a key lime pie. meringue, lemon, cinnamon, light dense floral. Apples, light pears, apricots, vanilla Taste: This is almost impossible to drink neat. It needs a lot of water to open up. Once you add it, hold it up to the light to see just how dense and oily it is. Malt starts on the palette and quickly fades into oak and spice. It then goes to a dense honey, slightly floral and very fruity mid palette. The spice comes back in force after a bit, almost getting to the rye spice territory of slightly herbal and strong spice. Its almost like eating something actually spicy. On the one hand this feels like a really good and complex malt. On the other, it seems a bit younger than it should be. It is very rough around the edges. May be worth it just to try it especially if you don't mind strong bold flavors. Maybe even suited to convert a rye drinker. Obligatory: was a neck pour may rereview etc.40.0 USD per Bottle
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Pulteney 2008 10 Year Cask Strength (Signatory)
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed March 1, 2020Nose: very heavy malt must, pear, Fuji apple. Salted toffee. Vanilla, cranberry, caramel. Taste: freshly baked bread. Salt. Pear. Vanilla custard. Caramelized apples. Lemon, cardamom. Hay. Spicy gingerbread cookies. Black pepper. Light generic floral notes. Finish is long with very sweet powdered sugar notes. Water: more malt funk and sweetness on the nose. Taste is more sharp citrus such as grapefruit and lime. Second round of water really brings out the black pepper and malt funk again. More of a Jura style pancake malt. Brings out the sweeter custard notes then fades quickly to bitter lime and black pepper. This was the neck pour so another review is due eventually.55.0 USD per BottleBinny's Beverage Depot -
Teeling Single Malt Irish Whiskey
Single Malt — Ireland
Reviewed February 21, 2020 (edited April 9, 2020)Nose: fresh parsley, rose water, bitter orange zest, butter biscuit, lemon Taste: very dry oak. Berries, light cream, star fruit, lemon, white nectarine/ underripe peach. Light mango. Butter biscuit turning into pancake malt. Water basically destroyed everything, even a few drops. Was a neck pour so I’ll probably do another review eventually.48.0 USD per Bottle -
Blood Oath Bourbon Pact No. 5
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed February 9, 2020 (edited May 13, 2020)Nose: banana, heavy red apple, powdered sugar, bourbon and rum caramel, light pear / citrus Taste: high rye is definitely apparent with some black pepper and baking spices with cardamom up front. Slight hint of dill pickles. Very crisp light finish with minimal burn. Definitely blended well for what it is. One of them might have been sourced from dickel as I taste the charcoal sour note in there as well but it might also be the rum funk. Doesn’t stay on the palette long though. The oak is very strong if you hold it in your mouth long enough. Water turns the nose into very sweet powdered sugar dusted apples with caramel sauce. The taste adds the oak to the flavor but is mingled really well. It turns strong almost soapy and dry towards the end, but what do you expect from nearly 15 year old barrels. The TLDR is that this is a masterpiece of blending but the ingredients may not be the best quality / meld the best together. Definitely worth about 80 - 100 for a bottle or 30 for a pour if you can appreciate it -
Balcones Single Malt Single Barrel European Oak Finish
American Single Malt — Texas, USA
Reviewed December 13, 2019Nose: heavy malt, slight lemongrass, sweet raw sugar, dry apple, apricots, light floral rose petal, maple Taste: heavy oak, pancakes with maple syrup and raspberries, chocolate, lemon / citrus. Water brings out the herbal nature of sage and parsley. Dark fruit like apricot and raspberries. Really dry. Lemon and sweetness gets buried but is there. Very spicy flavor of pepper and chilies. Not for the faint of heart. The ABV is even more than some Stagg jrs.72.0 USD per BottleBinny's Beverage Depot -
Nose: heavy honey, apple, pear, peaches, faint malt and grape jam notes. Very light hint of pepper. Taste: malt, apple, pear. Slight vanilla cream note that immediately collapses into condensed grape jam. Heavy sweet honey finish with a bit of oak spice. It is better than Glenlivet 12 from my memory. A lot more dense flavor. But tbh it’s probably not worth the price at $50. 40 is probably a better price point. Loses some points because it’s supposed to be a step up from the standard, maybe for more developed palettes and it fails in that job5.0 USD per Pour
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Scallywag Blended Malt
Blended Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed October 5, 2019 (edited October 11, 2020)Nose: fruit cake, clove, cinnamon, faint oak, stewed plums, lemon curd, milk chocolate, pepper Taste: extremely dense fig, heavy pepper finish. Dry and sour. Lemon zest. Light malt. Dense dry walnuts. Orange zest, parsley, baking spices, red wine, graphite, underripe peaches or pear. Water subdues all the fruit notes and brings maple syrup and powdered sugar. Finish is still long and dry with heavy red wine notes,30.0 USD per Bottle
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