Cedar Ridge Single Malt

Ok this is basically American scotch....and its pretty good. Poured neat, nose has malt and fruit with young wood like many a scotch. Little bit of spice and gummy bear notes. I would compare to a light highland scotch .....say a Glengoyne. Palate brings good malt with blast of apricot. Gentle baking spice and barrel complete the puzzle. Finish is medium short with the malty fruit/barrel fade. Im not getting real smoke notes , more like char. Overall its a solid effort. The flavors have decent depth but there is some youth to contend with. I do think I would purchase a bottle if the price was right(a friend gave me this 200ml)....80/100......tried the single cask as well and that was better as expected...3.25 stars

Sweetness in the tongue. Not very smokey.

If you could bottle the idea of an old dusty barn, a syrupy single malt and a boat load of malty goodness, you'd have this. None of that description sounds pleasant to me but I love this stuff. I'm still trying to find a 750ml bottle.

This is a two-row barley single malt, first aged in small bourbon barrels, then finished in a variety of barrels to impart small hints of peat, sherry, port, etc; and then married in a solera vat. The result is a very tasty single malt with a very strong bourbon barrel influence of vanilla and a hint of corn sweetness. There are bits of honeysuckle, chocolate, old leather, a tiny bit of smoke, and of course malt---all tied together with that strong bourbon influence. This is quite good, and would work well as a bridge for a bourbon drinker to work their way toward traditional Scotch.