Tastes

Nose: Vanilla waffer cookies. Over ripe fruit and a toffee like sweetness. Palate: Toasted bread with butter and cinnamon. Finish: Freshly ground black pepper and dried fruits

Nose: light and sweet with hints of vanilla and fruits and citrus zest. Palate: Buttered white bread. Lemon pith with some hints of nutmeg. Finish: trail mix, think dried fruit and nuts mixed together with those milk chocolate pieces too.

Nose: beach bonfire, think of great times at dusk at the beach. A bit of smoked honeyed ham. With a touch of pepper. Palate: a lot more of that seaside bonfire tasting, charcoal smoky. A slight medicinal taste that fades quickly to more of a vegetal/seaweed salad flavor. Finish: on the sweeter side of smoky, oily mouthfeel that lingers a while.

Nose: Sweet bbq over an open fire. Higher end bbq sauce. Dried chili’s. Palate: more mesquite bbq sauce like at your favorite Texas bbq spot. Mild Adobe or mole sauce. Finish: smooth and lingering mesquite sweetness.

Nose: Sweet creamy vanilla with some trace amounts of baking spice and a the faintest hoppiness. Palate: Salty, creamy, more of that hop character mixes with a pine like note as well. Finish: a bit more buttery on the finish with a oily mouthfeel that tends to linger a while.

Nose: Peaty but not over powering. Cooked apples, lemon peel and a creaminess to it. Palate: Again peaty, strong but not in the lingering sense. A Smokey bbq glaze flavor like the burnt ends at a bbq cook off. A bit of salt water breeze. Finish: more of those burnt ends and a little more peat. Ends with an old bookstore note to it.

Nose: Smokey honey baked ham. Beach spray with just a bit of citrus zing. Palate: Very different mouthfeel. Very dark salted chocolate with some burning leaves too. Some candied orange peel as it opens more. Finish: lots of fruitiness but not strong enough to pin point. Finish has more of a buttery mouthfeel leads to more bonfire smoke.

Nose: Smokey, fall time. Burning leaves and wood burning fireplace. A salty bacon grease is eased up by a sweet fruitiness. Palate: a little peppery at first but softens to allow some toffee and Smokey salt to emerge. Finish: Chocolate citrus peel comes forth mixing well with the smokiness that’s been subtly there the entire time.

Nose: Very much a Macallan, lots of sherry and a caramel like sweetness. Some freshness of an orange peel. Palate: More sherry on the palate. Again very classic Macallan profile. Has a nice aged character to it. More orange zest and a touch of dark chocolate. Finish: Not as long of a finish as you’d expect. More of that dark chocolate mixes with some salted nuts and the sherry. As it opens more it’s complexity heightens.

Nose: Old wood barn with notes of cinnamon and gingerbread cookie. Sweet molasses. Palate: More oak and gingerbread cookie on the palate. A nice smooth creamy vanilla soothes the spicer notes of the ginger and oak. Finish: That creamy vanilla really dominates the finish. A nice cherry note also develops as it opens up more with a bit of old leather too.