Tastes

Nose: rich molasses, oak, toffee, vanilla cake batter Palate: browned butter, faint cherry, rich leather, vanilla bean ice cream, and a slight ethanol presence Finish: faint cherry is again noted, rich honey and toffee to finish it off This is the first MMCS series I’ve had and plan on checking out more of them soon! Definitely a sleeper on the shelves.

Nose: heavy oak and caramel Palate: sweet toffee and chocolate, like the the exhale of a heath bar. Underripe papaya, clove, simple syrup with a slight tingle mid tongue from ethanol Finish: big bold toffee upfront, this is one of my favorite bourbons to end a night of tastings on, toasted oak and vanilla in the very end. This bourbon is an incredible value, hope to see it stick around. It makes the perfect introduction to bourbon with its smooth body and sweet toffee notes

Nose: getting past the ethanol tickling my nose hairs is a nutty oaky vanilla Palate: this is one. proofy. gal. Heavy black pepper/ethanol, classic oak, vanilla, and a lot of brown sugar and a hint of baking spices. Mouthfeel: an astringent starchy snap of half ripe raw plantains, and the feeling in your gums before you take a drink of water after eating a mouthful of cashews. Thankfully the sweetness coated my mouth long after the mouthfeel was gone Finish: Classic delicious vanilla, brown sugar that lingers long before the next sip I think is an amazing value for $59, can’t think of anything that comes close to this at the same price point

This is a really fun four grain from a grain to glass distillery in Oregon. Nose: kettle corn, vanilla, surprising about of deep oak for the relatively young age Palate: brown sugar, maple syrup, simple syrup meets earthy rye bread, plenty of toffee and a nice mouthfeel that coats the entire palate Finish: toffee, candied peanuts, vanilla, and more brown sugar. I think this single barrel is well worth the price (at least for this barrel)

Nose: sweet malt, burnt sugar, ethanol Palate: surprised that up front was all thick malty richness with tons of simple syrup, but then transitioned to banana and yeasty esters from the beer barrel. Finish: surprisingly strong oak, brown sugar, simple syrup, and a gentle yeast finish Giving such a high score because it is really well done for what they wanted to accomplish. It’s not up my alley but glad I got to drink it.

MM101 neck pour Nose: Vanilla, Queen Anne Cherries, Apple, wood char Palate: the cherries really come through with a nice vanilla ice cream mouthfeel, dark caramel, and a pleasant burn mid palate Finish: cinnamon surprise and a surprisingly dry finish compared to the creamy mouthfeel, caramel and vanilla last until the next sip

Nose: sweet funky candy corn sitting in a toasted oak dish Palate: corn syrup, oak, vanilla Finish: sweet corn with the smallest hint of spice and a touch of lime zest and candy corn in the very end

Nose: candied cinnamon, toasted oak, ethanol tickles the nose hairs Palate: spicy cinnamon red hots, chewy vanilla, with sweet caramelized corn Finish: lingering rye spice with oak that leaves with a cooling spearmint that leaves you ready for your next sip

Nose: ethanol and vanilla Palate: vanilla, toasted grain, and almond. Very thin body on this whiskey. Finish: Very short vanilla with a hint of toasted oak leads to a weird dry bitter almond aftertaste and leaves your mouth feeling like you just ate an almond and don’t have any water to wash it down Summary: for the price there are whiskeys that will absolutely blow this out of the water, it was given to me by a member of a whiskey club who did not like it, and I see why. The dry bitterness compliments the lemon in a whiskey sour though!

Poured from bottom 1/3 of the bottle neat in a glencairn rested 15 mins Nose: Crisp apple, vanilla custard, faint oak Palate: Vanilla custard continues fading into a slight rye spice with some dark fruit present Finish: Rye spice tingles the tongue in the end with some surprising heath bar notes, final note is sweet corn