Tastes

Cracked this bottle with @thechad this is my first bottle of ECBP I’ve owned and am pretty excited for it. Nose: baked apples, apple pie crust, caramelized sugars, baking spices. Little to no ethanol detected on the nose just super sweet apple pie Palate: the apple pie continues. It has the mouthfeel of the sweet sauce that oozes out of a warm apple pie. It really costs the mouth with baking spices and syrup Finish: finish has a touch of heat and cinnamon like a cinnamon altoid.

Nose: caramel, sharp ethanol, gentle vanilla, peanuts Palate: creamy marshmallow, gentle rye spice, faint nuttiness Finish: full on beam peanut funk with rye bread and creamy marshmallow spread Decent for $20, I was hoping for big things from this bottle but it just doesn’t do it for me like what old forester rye does for me at the same price point

Specs pick, barrel #7112094 Nose: vanilla, brown sugar, cinnamon Palate: this has the mouthfeel of creamy butterscotch candy but with the taste of a cinnamon red hot. Plenty of charred creme brûlée crust to keep you entertained Finish: cinnamon candy and vanilla Summary: this is a no brainier buy for $35 but for a wheater in the same price range I’ll always spend the extra couple bucks for a MM cask strength

Finishing a bottle I’ve had since 2015..before the label update. Nose: faint vanilla and sweet wood, sweet ripe pears and Fuji apples Palate: the fruits are so delicately layered with the wood. There are no sharp changes in the palate just graceful transitions. Smooth as a 12 year olds face before their raging hormones turn their face into something that resembles the geography of the surface of the moon. Finish: the ripe pear transitions into artificially sweet pear juice from a plastic jug and slightly salty honey I don’t remember what this runs a bottle but is a solid into to scotch for someone who is transitioning from clear spirits, or for a Crown drinker who wants to feel less trashy for on a special occasion. Nothing to write home about but I’d gladly accept a pour if someone was offering.

Nose: creamy peanut butter, sweet toffee, leather, rich caramelized sugar Palate: thinner amount of richness than expected from the nose, still getting sweet tobacco leaf, slight dickle minerals, and baking spices with extra cinnamon Finish: red pepper, charred oak, and leather

I have been excited to grab a bottle of this but didn’t have to wait long because @tbran19 gave me a sample of his! Nose: damp wood, leather, caramelized sugars Palate: black pepper, dark corn syrup, and what I can only describe as the crunchy sugary crust on top of a buttermilk pie Finish: leather, banana, cloves, and brown sugar on the finish Definitely a bottle I will be adding to my collection

Nose: vanilla custard, very sweet like the vanilla custard in a cheap long John, faint rye bread, and fig. I think there is some crisp apple in the background as well. Palate: vanilla and brown sugar coat the palate, doesn’t taste as sweet as it smells, baking spices are present but cinnamon is the dominant spice Finish: finishes with sweet spicy cinnamon like a red hot candy. Vanilla and oak are then final notes Thanks @tbran19 for cracking your RWB bottle for the 4th!

Nose: the nose on this is amazing, I got baked apple pie with tons of cinnamon and nutmeg, toffee, caramel, brown sugar Palate: mouthfeel fairly thin, but provides more toffee, caramel, and cinnamon Finish: once the ethanol dissipated, my palate was coated with candy apple and caramelized brown sugar

Nose: rich oily peanut butter, charred oak, vanilla Palate: surprisingly rich mouthfeel, plenty of peanut/peanut butter hints of baking spices and a little “funk” there is bright citrus sweetness on the front of the tongue Finish: very clean mellow finish of fresh black cherries, and orange peel.

Appearance: golden copper, medium legs that hang around for a while before dissipating Nose: simple brown sugar, raw oak that smells just like an oak cutting board that has remnants of cinnamon sugar from cutting cinnamon rolls out. Palate: a burst of orange pleasantly surprised me! Tons of cinnamon, raw dark brown sugar, and nutmeg. Finish: finish is pretty hot, doesn’t feel like rye spice, feels like ethanol. Once the ethanol fades, vanilla and cinnamon take over until orange peel is the last to fade away Bottle was a generous gift from @tbran19 thank you!!