BEARFACE 7 Year Triple Oak

As a bourbon man I tend to rate this quite high. At this price point it has really good depth of flavour and I get so much high char, strong oak, vanilla, spice and respectable burn. With a funny name, great flavour, nice bottle and affordable price, what's not to like here?

Nose: Faint nose. Domminant red wine cask, isopropyl, and dried corn cobs hidden at the very end. Palate: Sweet and tart, suprinsingly not bitter. Wood spices up-front, unsalted pop-corn and red apple skin. Finish: Corn kettles on the tongue, wood spiciness (cinnamon, cumin, pepper) on the sides, and Isopropyl note on the back. Tongue turns dry, sides hold the spices, and front transforms from sweet to astringent. (Medium to long finish. Great execution). Sweet, dry, and playful. Some water stops the alcohol on the nose. Unafortunately, fades the rest. Some more complexity, sweetness, and less wine influence would have been an amazing improvement. Still, highly recommended. Cheers.

Nose: Caramel, oak, spice Palate: Sweet, corn nuts, then dry pepper

Caramel smooth oak

Nose: Raspberry cotton candy, icing sugar, malty chocolate-oak, sweet berries in oatmeal, sweet and chalky corn, sweet roasted nuts, old cabinet, caramel, floral honey, treacle, brown sugar, hint of maple-sugar oatmeal, red grapefruit and blood orange, yeasty bread, plain panettone, dough, wine tannins and black currant, spicy oak, baking spices (cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon), hint of sweet tea, a hint of star anise, pizza crust in a cardboard box, blackberry marmalade, green apple, sweet honeyed oak, raisins, baked apple, curing pork and barrel smoke, candle wax, sweet pine forest Palate: Christmas cake spices, dried fruit (prunes, fresh raisins), black walnut, roasted chestnuts, ripe green apple and pear, bitter green paprika and oakiness, dried cranberries, light caramel syrup, sweet toasted oak sugars, mulled cider, peppermint tea, sweet/iced tea Finish: Chestnuts and black walnut, mint tea with an orange slice, sugar candies, remnants of chilli pepper, baked apples, sweet red wine grapiness, brown sugar with some older caramel, dried cranberries and raisins