Tastes

Nose: sweet candied peach / peach rings. Plums. Malty pancake. Semisweet chocolate. Plums. Oak. Taste: very light peat. Raisin. Bitter oak. Pancake maltiness. Plums. Very tart lime. Really dense sea salt. Parsley. Cilantro. Basil. Red apple, brown sugar / butterscotch. Peach rings. Major league impressive. Tons of character at only 40%. Adding water takes all the subtleties away but intensifies the finish. I can see how people would dislike it though. Lots of intense bitter and sour flavors but really wonderful.

Nose: Biscuit / graham cracker maltyness. Caramel. Vanilla. Lemony citrus. Apricot / light plum. Some Oak /mustiness. Taste: Sweet vanilla, almost powdered sugar. Light plums / apricots / almost dark cherry. Strong oak / mustiness. Sage / basil. Some light floral notes. Very sweet upfront, turning citrusy and finishing with an oak bitterness. Water intensifies the finish but adds some sweetness at the end to take some of the bitter away. Added a few drops of Islay Mist 8 and got some brown sugar and cinnamon notes. Very light almost white wine color. Decent legs. Alcohol is very bitey despite only being 46% Non age statement but no color and not chill filtered. Originally it was $60, but I got it on clearance for 45. It's a lovely dram but not worth the msrp in my opinion. 45 is a decent price for it. I would actually say it's a decent one to get to convert someone from bourbon to scotch if they like the more intense oak notes and don't mind the sweetness.

Nose: caramel, butterscotch, toffee, apples, Taste: Bing cherry, peanuts, a very light caramel that's almost a honey / butterscotch. Brown sugar. Bit of generic spice. Lovely ripe bananas. Almost a little candy corn

Peat and caramel / chocolate on the nose. Peat on the taste with plums and raisins. Sea salt. Caramel / Chocolate as well. Amazing blend for the price.

Cherry, almost cherry cola. Red apple. Brown sugar, clove, and the obvious rye spice and grain notes. Great for the price

7/23/10 barrel 13 (aged 7 years 4 months). Really just a standard bourbon. Red apples, cinnamon, clove, brown sugar. A bit of a oak barrel bite on the finish. A bit watery and medium-high sweetness. Could benefit from being closer to cask strength. The price point is good however for a 7 year+ bourbon from a single barrel. Would be good as a gift for someone who likes some of the common bourbons like Jack Daniels or Jim Beam. A lot better out there for the aficionados / collectors however.

Mesquite smoke, light peat, red apple. Not very smokey but maybe my palette was messed up.

Plums, peat, very herbal with bay leaf, basil, sage, and Rosemary.

Caramel and jonagold apples on the nose. Intense oak and malt notes on the taste as well. Slight bit of smoke despite being unpeated. Don't bother adding water.

Port and vanilla. Maybe a bit of honey and green grass. Probably only a slight step up from red.