J.J. Corry The Hanson

J.J. Corry 'The Hanson' Batch No. 2 Irish Whiskey is an outstanding, elegant, Irish Whiskey by Louise McGuane, founder of Chapel Gate Whiskey, in Ireland crafted with a blend of Irish Grain Whiskies pulled from just 3 casks by a pair of undisclosed Irish distilleries. 80% of the Spirit is 10-year-old Single Grain and 20% is 4-year-old Single Grain — both matured in ex-Bourbon barrels before being bottled at 46% ABV. It has an aromatic birth with notes of grain, wood, fruit, herbs & spices; while a rich life adds notes of Sponge cake, rum-raisin ice cream with chocolate sauce, vanilla flan, tiramisu, toasted granola clusters & peach cobbler; that led to a warm & dry death of medium length adding notes of soft oak tannins, Chai latte with honey & exotic fruits. December 2023

Little sweet, less burn

Nose: corn, vanilla Palette: slightly sweet, dry, tannic

If a fun-fetti cupcake was a whiskey, this would be it. It's sweet, it's vanilla, it's dry, and it's a slow warmer all the way to the bottom. Not bad, but I'd consider it more of a novelty than a sipper

Nose: citrus, chocolate, white cake, oak Palate: cane sugar, cereal, oak, vanilla Finish: hot With water: gets sweeter but develops a funk on the nose. Tames heat. Weirdly, ok on rocks. Best served neat, however. (Flaviar Advent Calendar)