Tastes

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.

Generic fake orange / tootsie pop taste. It just tastes like plain cheap triple sec with an off finish.

Allegedly not "real Japanese whisky" if you're concerned about that. Nose: Crisp apples, pears, and honey. Heavy cake-y malt. Peaches, green grapes with the skins. Taste: light pear upside down cake with dense honey. Mild peaty and fruity finish including melons and peaches. Almost a bananas foster note as well. Not a bad blend. The taste is varied enough not to get too boring or one dimensional. Wouldn't pay more than like $40 a bottle though.

Nose: intense lemon, orange, and fig. Vanilla pudding and light fruit cake. Taste: bananas foster with a slight hint of apple and cinnamon. Very grassy hay finish. Light hint of vanilla, caramel, and toffee. Water brings out the citrus, wood oils and burnt fruit cake flavors. Not too bad but nothing mind blowing. You can definitely tell the grain is the dominant part of the blend but the malt and pot still definitely helps round things out. It’s good to see at a reasonable price rather than shoving outsourced stuff at a premium price.