Breckenridge Dark Arts

Batch 15. Nose of chocolate and frssh cereal. Honey, canilla, and chamomile on rhe palate. Lingering malt and honey notes.

Beautiful bottle. Maybe I don’t appreciate what they are doing here, but it does not strike me as being anywhere close to being worth the price tag (I docked its rating a point b/c of the price). I much prefer what’s coming out of Westland when it comes to American single malts. There is almost a rancid nose to it. But once I get past it, there is a honey & caramel complexity, almost like a thick blend of chamomile & white tea.

Cocoa nibs, caramel, smooth

Nose: A lot of fresh malt mash. Just a bit of dark chocolate or cocoa powder. Some old leather polish but in a pleasing way. Palate: Honey and a malty bread like taste at first sip. As it moves more to the mid-palate it develops more of a dried fruit and burnt sugar note. Finish: Some cinnamon and clove start the finish off but then a cigar box and sweet pipe tobaccos sneak in before fading away.

Taste as if scotch rolled down a strippers back past her anus, and at that point is where your mouth is waiting for this elixir. You’d be better off just sticking your tongue in the strippers butt, as far as it allows.

Unique in a spirit crafted in the Scottish single malt style made entirely at one US distillery. This is smooth and warm in a very elegant sipping spirit, with ample milk chocolate notes. That's where I cannot decide, it is delicious, but at this price point smooth semi-sweet chocolate and low complexity is not what I look for. That said, a bottle drinks so smooth that it doesn't last, a dram of this demands another.