Tastes

Nose is smokey oak sawdust with bit of leather. Starts with a sweet burst with a hint of carmel and vanilla and a bite of rye spice. Holding it at mid palete the rye spice explodes into a strong heat that goes down hotter than expected for the 90 proof rating. Would not call it smooth but it does have a certain oily feel. Think it could use a bit more aging to smooth it out and tame the rye. If you like rye forward for a pretty good price you will probably find this a nice sipper. For me I am not a rye fan and find this one to be pretty much one noted and lacking complexity and aging. Probably will not buy again.

Leather nose with just a bit of smoke. Palate sweet upfront bursting to rye spice with some heat. A hint of vanilla and light fruit comes through then gets overwhelmed by the spice in the back of the throat. Add ice ball expands the flavor and smooths it out a bit. Overall pretty good bourbon for the price if you enjoy stronger rye based bourbon. Not really my favorite but might make my top ten on as a nine or ten for now.

Nose is grainy with little smoke. Mash bill is 60 corn 36 rye and 4 malted. For a high rye i do not get as much spice as i would have expected. Starts with a touch of sweet on the front of the palete a little rye spice through the middle and finishes smooth with little to no bite. Overall not a bad sipper from a small local distiller.

Nose is quite strong alcohol. Warm a bit sharp on palate. A bit sharp but for the price is ok s

Nose is strong smoky oak. Starts hot with spicy burn. Sweet spicey midpallete with heat going down. Not bad price for sipper that can probably be smoothed out with a little ice

Pleasant smokey nose. Sweet spicy start smooth with a bit of vanilla carmel on palate. Goes down with warm burn. Overall a pleasant sipper that is a bit overpriced in my area but will make my shelf as occasional sipper if I can find it for the right price.

This one has a bit of an odd nose and taste. The high malt barley and wheat content create a bread taste and smell that dominates the palate. Is sweet with lots of bread notes and a bit of alcohol burn. Just not really developing a like for this one. I feel it is overpriced for the quality.

Nose is smoky fresh cut wood with a bread note. Starts sweet with medium burn with smooth hot finish going down. A block of ice smooths it all out but still has a certain grainy flavor that makes it an Ok sipper for a very nice price.

Smooth and sweet start with burst of hot spice on pallet. Touch of smoke and warm burn going down.

Starts sweet with carmel note with some char. Mid palet some spice rye makes an appearance with wheat and leather tone. Finish carries fairly strong rye spice to back of throat. Overall an average whiskey that is an OK sipper but overpriced for age and quality.