Tastes

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.

Nose: honey, lemon, sharp bitter orange. Taste: butter cookie and spicy cinnamon. It has a really sharp and bitter finish. Water does not alter the nose but brings out the taste with more spicy cinnamon and honey with bitter grapes and dates with red wine. It's okay. Nothing amazing. Much better Irish out there.

Nose: sugar cane, apples, red grapes and light amaretto syrup. Caramel and cinnamon. Taste: figs and almond candy. Light cinnamon and oak. Water opens up heavy fruits such as apple and peaches. Taste turns more oaky and burnt caramel and cinnamon with a hint of grape on the finish. A lot of water is needed to bring out and balance the flavors but it’s worth it when you do.

Nose: maple, caramel, tree bark, light almonds and rye. Taste: briny sharp wood turns into fresh juicy apple and honey. Water makes everything flat. Doesn’t really bring out any new flavors.

Nose: green apple, butter popcorn, lightly toasted nuts. Light dill and cinnamon and caramel. Taste: dill and rye bread with light hazelnuts and peaches. Light pear juice and a slight buttery note.

Nose: vanilla crème brûlée. Cherries and apples coated in honey. Light cinnamon and oak with wheat. Taste: light apples and cherries with pears. Mature vanilla. Burnt caramel and honey. Water makes it come alive with more oak and spice. On the taste it has more tobacco as well.

Nose: cinnamon toast, cherry, oak, light pecan wood. Peach and Smokey apples. Taste: heavy oak and tobacco with intense rye spice. Light fruit notes toward the finish of pears and apples with a light honey. Water intensifies the oak and caramel, moving the fruitiness to the end.

Nose: apples, caramel, light toffee. Dark cherry and baking spices. Taste: apples and peaches covered in honey and caramel. Strong spicy finish of baking spices and oak. Water tames the harshness greatly. Brings out more sweetness and fruit on the taste.