Tastes

Color: Light golden honey brown. Nose: Lovely fruit . . . Apples, pears. Flowering fruit trees. New-mown grass receding. Vanilla and butterscotch. Light butter. Tangerine. Rich and complex. Oriental/musk cologne. Slight whiff of oak/old boxes. Praline! Water releases some ethanol and reveals some greenery: corn husks and beans. Mouth: Cigar boxes. Mellow burn of alcohol (different from, but evocative of rye spiciness in this wheated bourbon). Dry cereal grain. The taste is much less complex than the wonderful nose. Water eases the burn, but does nothing to aid the rather one-dimensional flavor portfolio. Overall very disappointing. In a cocktail: Tried in a mint julep. Made for some bitter ugliness. Do not recommend. In a whiskey sour . . . so so.

Color: Light honey brown. Nose: Some kerosene and fuel oil notes on the nose. Slight sulfur on top of the sweet base. Slight clover honey. Marzipan and treacle. Water expands on the sulfury note. Vague scent of saltwater fen. Mouth: Warming spice. Baking spice. Cinnamon and brown sugar. Allspice and cloves. Short sweet finish. Tastes rye heavy. Water brings out tobacco notes. Conclusion: Not for me as a sipper. Likely to make a fantastic cocktail or two. Moderate complexity. Cocktails: Tried in a mint julep. Not bad.

Color: Tawny, slight haze. Nose: Slight must. Nuts. Peach pie. Green apple sour. Slight chemical off-note. Burned dust. Mouth: Young flavors of fruitwood (slightly evocative of the old Wasmund’s from Copper Fox) Conclusion: Very light. Good sipper, neat. Some ethanol. Tasty enough.

Nose: Pineapple, piña colada, floral, slight mint. Taste: ginger, slight mint. Delicate but complex., vanilla and caramel and caramel in background. Longer in the glass brings out butter.

Nose: Smoke and band aids, vanilla underneath. Campfire ash. Taste: NOT AN ISLAY! Ashy campfire. Water opens it but does not change it. A little banana peel. Wood. Oak. Grows on me as it sits in the glass.

Breakfast in a bottle bacon and pancakes

Nose: oak, spicy, pepper Mouth: juicy, dark baking spices, classic bourbon flavors, fairly huge

Nose: perfumed, violets, green Mouth: delicious

Nose: Floral, strong violets, banana nut bread, alcohol/ chemical note Mouth: something reminds me of the beach. Sweet and delicious.