Barrell Seagrass

Front end spicy kick, smooth end with sweet apricot and rum tones.

Strong upfront taste. But great, unique tast to mask it. Zero after bite. Pretty strong but great.

Heads: didn’t pick up on much Body: spicy Tails: strong, lengthy, spicy, odd flavor i can’t ID

Only had two sips, just an fyi Nose: Light floral notes, yet deep sweetness overpowers Pallete: very inviting warmness, dark depth of flavor in the mouth Finish: Very long finish, heat lingers, dark notes maintain over lighter flavors

Had this again and this time I really like it! Great balance of sweetness and rye spice

119.12 proof / 59.56% N: Sweet, Christmas spiced rye with coconut rum layered on top. Caramel, banana pudding, and ripe stone fruit. Then there's a very flat vitamin, mineral, medicinal sort of note that sharply cuts straight through all the other notes. After that, it's herbal with some vegetable and bell pepper notes. Vanilla with hints of cough syrup, or at least strong, sweet ethanol. It's a never-ending nose that is sometimes truly delightful and other times not so great. This is one that's clearly going to be very subjective. What's not so very subjective, I would venture at least, is that it is quite complex. P: Sweet rye with apricots steeping in it. The Madeira barrel is more prominent on the palate with sweet and juicy red wine notes of cherry and strawberry cream. Some darker red fruit builds over time, but remains juicy and round feeling on the tongue. There's also a definite cane sugar raw sweetness that's got a bit of cooked molasses in it. Then chocolate, cherry, vanilla, bread pudding. Spice builds in the finish with each sip and leaves a prominent gingersnap cookie taste. It's an extraordinarily long finish that, as the spice fades, also brings banana cream pie, coconut, and those super sweet, mass-produced handheld cherry pies. That minerality from the nose lurks in the corners of the finish for a long, long time and then, several minutes after your last sip, it suddenly slaps your palate across the face with chalky bitterness. It's not my favorite part of the pour. I'm not sure what to say about this except it is the nerdiest of nerd whiskeys. I don't really consider myself a whiskey nerd - more of a traditionalist actually - and so I inevitably end up doing a spontaneous eye roll when I read the list of finishing barrels on the label. Basically, this isn't made for me. And I never really warmed to this juice as a result. But I respect the craft and there is undeniable craft in this. It's complex, layered, and must have taken ages to figure out just the right blend where no one flavor source (between the rye itself and each of the finishes) never really dominates another. That's an accomplishment. And this is a bit of a bargain in the low $70s (assuming that's still where it's at). _______ Please come join an unofficial Distiller community on Discord: https://discord.gg/4nfePCdyKM. We chat spirits (and other things) in real time while being a great resource to each other for recommendations, finding deals, and generally enjoying the journey together. (If the link is expired, post a comment and I will provide a new one.)