BEARFACE 7 Year Triple Oak

Nose: ethanol and corn, caramel, baking spice. Getting hints of red wine barrels here. Palate: nice robust oak. Very well rounded. Moderate red fruit notes. Caramel. I feel like im getting a dried out oak note, like old dark grey wood thats been sitting out for a while, wondering if this is the Hungarian oak. Definitely a corn whiskey, but mellowed out and moderately robust in flavor profile. A bit of spice. Finish: moderately thin. Hints of caramel .

Would buy again! Surprisingly sweeter than i expected.

I haven’t written a review in quite a while, and what better way to make my return than to review something I rarely do: A Canadian whisky. It’s a 7-year old triple oak, which consists of ex-bourbon, French red wine, and virgin Hungarian oak. That last one may be a first for me. Anyway, what we’ve got here is an aged Canadian single grain. Let’s check it out. Nose: Heavy on the vanilla frosting, toffee, honey, caramel, and butterscotch. A sweet affair to be certain. Toasted almond and walnut. Some fig, date, and assorted grapes. Cranberry. Pear and apricot with a slight lemon zest and some floral notes. Sugar cookie. Cinnamon, brown sugar, and oak. Palate: Heavy on the caramel and brown sugar. Cranberry, date, fig, and plum. Some jam and prickly raspberry. Malt, toffee, vanilla, honey, and butterscotch. Zesty orange citrus. Cereal grain. Almond and walnut. Some dark chocolate and cocoa powder. Some rye spice, black pepper, and oak. Maple almond butter. Sugar cookie. There is some youthful dusty corn and ethanol betraying the relatively young age. But it is tucked away behind more prominent flavors. Finish: More of the maple almond better. Cranberry, fig, date, plum, and strawberry jam. Caramel, butterscotch, and almond butter. Heavy on the almond and walnut. Cinnamon Apple Jacks. Black pepper, rye spice, cinnamon, and oak. Moderate length finish. This whisky comes a pleasant surprise. It’s the oldest Canadian whisky I’ve had to date. And it’s the most adventurous in terms of cask selection. Not to mention, the unique “elemental-aging” process that Bearface employs. You could call this the Canadian Jefferson’s Ocean Aged at Sea. Except that this was aged in a storage locker thrown somewhere into the Canadian wilderness. Same thing, right? I jest. Overall, solid whisky. I like the effort put into the experiment, and I’m pleasantly surprised with product. It’s not difficult to exceed expectations when I quite literally had none, but this will be on my radar now as well as anything else coming out of Bearface. Solid value at $36. Boosting it a quarter star for that alone. 3.75/5.

Nose - Spice, caramel, slight dried apricot, Pallate - sweet, caramel, maple, slight bitter oakiness, nice level of spice Finish - nice smooth and sweet, shorter finish

Sweet, with a maple syrup touch. Not too harsh but the better Canadian whiskey that I have had.

For a product that is triple oaked, the aromas on the nosing come through very muted. Caramel, and artificial vanilla are the dominant notes but oak is present in the background. A wine note is also present reminiscent of that found perhaps in Angel's Envy bourbon. On the palate the caramel makes itself very known with the spices gently warming the throat. Brown sugar, vanilla, and toffee are also present. The finish is medium to long which was unexpected as the offering is only 85% APV. Very pleasant and too be honest better than I expected from the reviews I read. Overall rating: Nose: 3.5/5 Taste: 4/5 Overall: 3.75/5 Repurchase: Yes Type: Daily Drinker

Expected better after reading the writeup. Has a harsh start and better finish. The harshness onliterates any of the flavor profiles for me.