Tastes

Nose: strong apple with peach and cinnamon. Caramel and vanilla. Taste: strong oak and caramel join with baking spices and a generic fruity finish. Good strong normal bourbon that doesn’t do anything special. Good if you want something simple but workable

Nose: sharp cut grass and raisin with chocolate and light tobacco. Taste: sharp hay with figs, chocolate and dense caramel. First bit of water makes the nose syrupy and dense with deep stewed figs and caramel while adding a malty honey note. Taste also becomes thicker and oily with a light hidden floral and citrus note. Next bit of water dampens down the hay notes even more. Adds a strong peachy finish. And a bit of a gingerbread note. Still fairly disappointing. But if you really disliked it try adding (a lot of) water as it opens up some more desirable flavors while hiding the more bitter grassy notes

Nose: yes, it does smell of cake. Dense vanilla cream cheese frosting. Very sweet fruits of oranges and cherries with a light pear and raspberry. Taste: sour lemons and light yellow cake with a sweet tres leches caramel drizzle and slight grape jelly. Water dampens some of the harsher malt notes and let’s the fruit shine through.

Nose: sour grapes and lemon. Light generic floral and foresty notes. A dense malty honey starts to develop after a time. Taste: light peat and malt turn into a light floral honey with orange and a denser toffee or caramel.

Nose: spiced malty cake with honey and light raisins. Taste: strong sweet malt and brown sugar with honey and dense figs. Grassy and spicy finish with light nutmeg and cinnamon. Peaches and apples gradually come to the front Fairly average and a good representation of the style.

Nose: cooked apples and dark caramel with cinnamon, chocolate and light tobacco. Taste: apple and cinnamon pastry. Water is needed to open this up. Adds intense oak and tobacco with a light vanilla sweetness.

Nose: intense dirt and oak smoke. A light stone fruit / chocolate with a light honeyed malt. Taste: intense burning green pine and honey with a hint of orange and peach. Water merges all the elements and reduces them down. A chocolate toffee almond note emerges with light vanilla on the taste. The nose adds a burnt grass note.

Nose: intense tobacco smoke with the light hint of mayo and blue cheese. A malty syrupy fruit cake hint is also present. On second pass it becomes fruity with pears, apples, and a slight hint of sharp strawberries. Taste: tobacco and intense smoke with a sharp lemon sweetness and a mild oak finish. A light fruitiness also comes in with pears and a mild honey. Water mediates the nose down. It also makes the taste more melded and adds a spicy finish. Still not as good as the curiositas but still decent enough

Nose: dense syrupy fruit cake, honey, pears and the slightest hint of amaretto. Taste: dense malt and pear with honey and syrupy sherry notes. Intense plum / date finish. Water cuts down everything and collapses the flavors

Nose: figs, cherry, strong malt. Taste: sharp honey, malt, and oak with cherry. Water dampens down the harsh notes, brings out more of the honey and oak.