Tastes
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Nose: Heavy perfumed malt. lemon grass. apples and intense honey. Light cigar smoke. Taste: intense fruit goes into malt with a strong salt / light peat backing. Finish is an intense honey vanilla. Water brings out some chocolate notes and increases the sweetness but hides all the peat, salt, and other flavors
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Cragganmore 12 Year
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed December 12, 2020 (edited June 4, 2022)Nose: sweet fruit. vanilla. oak. sweet confectioners sugar. light floral violets. plums, apricots, lime zest. Palette: light going in but then explodes in intense fruit and malt. christmas fruit cake. light caramel almost condensed milk / dulce de leche. vanilla sings through the mid palette and ends in a slight minty finish. maybe some slight chocolate as well with a hint of hazelnuts. very very light trace of citrus as well. Finish also evolves into a grassy earthiness as well. Maybe not as complex as some enthusiasts want but as a nice daily drinker this is way up there. One of the few times I tried a sample bottle of something and thought "I need a full bottle ASAP." Wonderful -
Nose: dense malt, bit of wood polish. ginger bread. dark deep molasses. white chocolate. dill and rye bread. vanilla with light caramel. Taste: dill goes into gingerbread spice with some medium wood notes. finishes with the intense malt / rye bread notes with almost a nutty chocolate finish. Adding water really intensifies the oak and spice / gingerbread notes. Sampled this at a tasting event like a year or two ago and enjoyed it. Finally managed to pickup a full bottle online. TBH other people didn't seem to like it very much. I can see why people complain about the "craft green pine sap" note because this kind of presents itself here as well in a way. I liked it well enough so I guess I either don't get it or actually like the flavor.40.0 USD per Bottle
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Daviess County Kentucky Straight Bourbon Cabernet Sauvignon Finish
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed November 29, 2020 (edited March 14, 2021)Nose: heavy oak with a medley of fruit. Bananas, cherry, apples, and plums. light caramel vanilla and toffee. Taste: strong oak with slight notes of wine bitterness. Creamy banana finish with some bright cherry and very very light char / tobacco notes. Light caramel as well Don't really get any of the wine finish but it was a neck pour.40.0 USD per Bottle -
Nose: dickle like charcoal. Corn, orange, caramel, toffee, vanilla, gala apples. Banana Taste: strong oak throughout. Cherry, heavy corn. Creamy banana. Dense apple. Very surprised by this. Very reminiscent of Evan Williams or Dickel. The question is why does this exist other than to capitalize on craft distilleries? There’s a lot in the price range and even cheaper that’s also good like Evan Williams bonded or Jim beam bonded.22.0 USD per Bottle
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Hell-Cat Maggie Irish Whiskey
Single Pot Still — (bottled in USA), Ireland
Reviewed November 19, 2020 (edited June 3, 2022)Nose: orange, lemon, starfruit, guava, butter biscuit and butterscotch. Fuji apples with a light dusting of cinnamon. Slight grass / hay must. Vanilla, lemon sorbet. Taste: very watery with caramel and a toffee after taste. heavy oak up front. maybe some light fruit notes as well. Very disappointed because the nose was so promising, but it tastes like you proofed Jameson down to 20% ABV. Maybe good for mixing I guess. Also do not ever add water it makes it taste like a soapy banana.
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