Laird's Applejack

On the nose, apple chips, cedar wood, neutral ethanol, cinnamon, and toffee. Mouthfeel is light and round. Palate is a bit subdued, but shows more apple chip, cinnamon, and toffee notes, along with vanilla and plenty of oak. A little heat on the finish, but not bad, with short-medium length. 2.50/5.00 – Acceptable (neat)

I get wood bite more than apple, a bit more tart apple on the finish.

This was sadly like drinking brown vodka with a hint of something apple like. Dissapointed in it

It smells a lot better than it tastes. Very bland. Not very sweet and has a pretty good kick to it. 

Very sour and a lot more like wine than I’d expected. Tiny bitter notes like you find in sour grapes too. An interesting drink but I don’t think I prefer it to a good cider. I understand this means I’ll need to have my birth certificate edited to reflect this as having this opinion on Applejack means I am legally no longer a New Jersite.

I tried this neat at room temperature. On this nose, Laird's Applejack reminds me a bit of dark rum, tinged with the tart fruitiness of Granny Smith. It tastes like undersweetened apple pie filling: tart and zingy, with strong notes of vanilla and cinnamon, and finishing with a lingering peppery crispness. It retains some echoes of the cherry booziness of traditional brandy, and also the tarry backnote of molasses that I've detected in rum--which could be offensive if it were too strong, but it's not overbearing here. This wouldn't be my go-to sipper, but it's a welcome on a dark and cool evening.

Took a while for me to pick up on the apple notes… first, I got woody vibes, and it had the character more of whisky than of brandy. But upon returning to it, there is an apple essence in there, but it’s subtle and very dry and removed from any acidity and quite dry, doesn’t quite pack much of an apple punch.