Tastes

Nose: peanut with slight anise Palette: viscous and sweet. Peanut brittle with some chocolate notes, smooth and not too oaky. Fig, date, raisin, some slight baking spices of nutmeg and cinnamon. Subtle vanilla, then a fresh minty finish. Finish is long and some tannins show up. More peanut in the finish. Very nice.

Straightforward nose vanilla cinnamon and rye. Palette: up front has maple syrup and some subtle char, vanilla creeps in with some caramel cinnamon pecan. Some herbal notes in there like thyme or mint. The back finish is slightly spicy with pepper and more herbs. Finish is medium in length with slight oak and pepper. Well balanced with a slight sweet burn

Nose: grain forward. Slight mint and fig with marshmallow. Palette: wow this is good. Sweet with orange marmalade and dark cherry, favoring cherry. Some bright notes from the grain are followed by more complex fruits and pepper spice in the back. The finish is long with cereal that fades to cherry and oak.

Nose: smarmy and grainy. Also has some grassy and apple notes. Palette: wow, this is different. Sweet but more of a savory sweetness, not like honey, maybe molasses. Would go great with brisket. Char is felt on the back, not really smoky, does not taste the proof. The finish reminds me more of smoked meat, that savory flavor, and does not show too much of the young notes. Medium length finish with more char and vanilla.

2022 Costco $170 Nose: hard to describe. Not exactly sure what I am getting except one dill and rice grain. Sweet up front but very smooth. Mid is more like fresh baked rye bread with a honey glaze. The finish is medium in length, but has some light oak, maybe licorice and earthy mushroom? Pepper in the back with more grain. Different and fun.

Grain forward nose, with cereal Slightly sweet up front, like Madeira cask. Mid palette is spicy with rye dill, with more Madeira flavor. Back palette is dry with oak, with some cinnamon and slight baking spice. Long dry finish.

Nose of subtle smoke and grain. Sweet up front, grain forward that leads to peanuts, dry orange finish

Dill forward, slight pepper and mint, brown sugar, long dry finish

Whiskey forward nose with sweet orange. Viscous body that ends with a slight nutty character. Medium length finish

Fred’s blend 158/193, 119.79, 14 year Sweet nose Palette starts out nutty like Jim bean, graham cracker. Quickly swifts to some candy rye spice, some citrus and pepper. Finish is fleeting, but dry oak lingers.