Laws Henry Road Straight Malt Whiskey

T8ke: 4.4 Nose is very bright bitter-sweet with a young pear / peach / green apple tang and a honey-suckle sweetness with maybe a little brown sugar. Taste is sickle sweet up front with a pretty bold unroasted coffee bean flavor around the edges, some baking spice / toffee on going into a relatively short finish. Its pretty obvious how young this whiskey is, but that being said its actually well done - no young harsh oak flavor like most...especially from CO. No Kentucky hug though, and its a strange flavor profile that I just do not see myself reaching for.

Don't like flavor profile.

The nose starts with Apple Jacks cereal then chamomile tea flowers followed by a mix of cinnamon redhots and bowling alley shoes with medium ethanol burn. The taste is a thin mouthfeel starting with a mix of sour apple candy and raw vegetal notes followed by a medium spice and bowling alley shoes with medium ethanol burn. Finish is short with a backdrop of soured apple cider, stale brown bread along with brewed chamomile tea that has steeped with a bitter orange peel too long. I’m not sure who thought this was ready because it’s young, astringent, with some light fruit, floral, bitter and smoky notes. Even worse than bottling up some young and rough whiskey for sale, I’m not sure who thought this would be worthy to compete in a $70 range. For the $70, I’d much rather pick up an OF 1920, JD Single Barrel Barrel Proof or Wild Turkey Rare Breed. A big thanks to @ctbeck11 for the generous sample for me to taste.