Tastes

This is such a surprising experience (positive). Long finish, lingering tobacco flavor and scent, delicious intensifying tongue.

Candied cherries, spicy

Carmel, vanilla, easy drinker but enveloping flavor.

Balvenie 12 Doublewood William Grant & Sons 80 proof 12 years Smell: strong raspberry, window cleaner Taste: raspberry, strawberry, sherry, wine Feel: juice roll, easy swallow Finish: short, berry breath 2.5/5.0 "So, so sweet."

Sazerac 18 2015 Frankfort, KY 90 proof 18 years Smell: oak, smoke, bananas Taste: oak, tobacco Feel: balanced tongue, sharp swallow Finish: medium, throat 4.5/5.0 "Wonderful, wonderful rye."

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof #8 139.8 proof 12 years Smell: oak, rickhouse Taste: oak, charcoal Feel: steady burn, spicy swallow Finish: long, full, lasting, breathy 3.5/5.0

Diaego 91 proof No younger than 6 years Smell: light nose and mouth, roses, oak Taste: flowery, sweet bubble gum Feel: rush, thin, light on the tongue Finish: medium-long, throaty 2.0/5.0 "Very thin; has floral tones with little complexity or balance."

Smell: strong oak, rickhouse, floral Taste: oak and char Feel: strong burn Finish: medium-long finish, chest 3.5/5.0 "Such a solid, underrated whiskey."

No age listed (6 barrel blend) Smell: oak, sweet spice, caramel, red fruit Taste: strong floral, balanced smoke and oak Feel: warm arrival, strong throat Finish: long and strong, nice afterbreath 4.0/5.0 “Such a delicious oak flavor and promising finish.”

124.7 proof 8 years and 3 months aged 70% corn, 26% rye, 4% malted barley (from website) Smell: dark cherry, dark chocolate Taste: red cinnamon, cherry cordial Feel: sweet tongue tip, sharp back spice Finish: medium-long, low throat 3.0/5.0 “Quite a sharp cinnamon flavor that swirls sweet like Big Red”