High West 14 Year Light Whiskey

N: sweet corn, caramel, astringent alcohol P: smooth, slightly oily Werther’s original up front. Sweet cream corn. Like slightly melted butter in its texture. Off brand cinnamon hard candy at the end. F: lingering, delicious caramel. Cream. Butter. Overall: very one dimensional, get extraordinarily delicious in its sweetness and viscosity in a way that makes you keep coming back. The smoothness and dessert-like quality make it a fantastic pour despite its one dimensional quality 0-1.5: Disgusting. Worth only mixing or meeting the drain. 2: Bad. Drinkable, but majorly flawed 2.5: Sub-par. OK, but bland or somewhat flawed. 3: Good. Decent stuff, but I won’t be rushing to buy it 3.5: Very good. I’d love to keep a bottle around 4: Excellent. I would like to own a case. A go to for me that is worthy of celebrating 4.5: Incredible.Truly high end, elite level, very noteworthy 5: Sublime. Nearly perfect and an all time favorite

so smooth

Clean nose with hits of brown sugar and vanilla. A light buttery taste with a touch of spice. A hard, beef jerky finish. Nice and easy sipper.

High West Distillery - Wanship

Nose - Very clean nose, lightly buttered popcorn, subtle vanilla cream, light oak Taste - Sweet buttery sweet creamed corn, vanilla buttercream frosting, hint of smooth cinnamon spice Finish - Smooth creamy sweet corn, vanilla cream cheese frosting, background of cinnamon heat. Score - 85/100 Final Thoughts - I guess I went into this one with relatively low expectations. Since this entered the barrel at a pretty high proof, most of the unique flavors have been mostly distilled/stripped out. This was pretty one dimensional but pleasant throughout. Not exactly something I'd willingly order at a bar or reach for, but if offered a pour, I wouldn't turn it town. Nothing really off-putting but at the same time nothing really exciting about it. I could see this doing very well in a more vanilla/caramel desserty old fashioned.

Suzie Wong. Campfire (not listed) with Ben