Basil Hayden's Caribbean Reserve Rye (Discontinued)

Good. It definitely has the sweetness from the rum. I have tried it neat, with ice and in some old fashions. Could be a worse sipper and adds a good flavor to mixed drinks.

Nose - cherries dark fruit / plums / wet tannins, wet leaves / maybe some thick maple syrup Pallet - plums / cherries / can taste the rum/ like the brittle part of peanut brittle without the nuts / toffee? Finish - kinda cool turns oaky and back to the tannins on the nose. Leathery not oily Interesting but Better stuff out there IMO.

Strong maple nose. Was disappointed with the lack of flavors after tasting.

I was hoping this would at least resemble the Balvenie Caribbean cask but it fell short as the rum mixture did not work for me. It is too sweet and falls flat. I much prefer the dark rye as a unique BH offering.

Neat. Nose is molasses, vanila, molasses, alcohol, molasses, hint of rye baking spices. Taste starts like standard BH rye baking spice profile, but quickly fades with molasses dominating. Finish is molasses and hangover Interesting concept.. I think that molasses rum notes could go well with baking rye spices, becoming very holiday like.. but the black rum dominates. Maybe just the rum cask would have been enough..or cut the rum in half. Regardless, it doesn't seem fitting for what is supposedly the best barrels of the high rye to be masked by something else. I've always liked BH, but thought it was overpriced..This is worse juice at a higher price. Just mix some OGD with some Myers and save some money

Carmel finish

Caramel, easy finish. Nice in my nose.

Rye is very faint, can only describe as molasses followed by molasses and ending with.... molasses.