Maker's Mark Cask Strength

Batch: 15-05 110.3 Proof (55.15% ABV) Nose: Dark fruit, sweet vanilla and caramel with a definitive burn. Palate: Soft and smooth with a medium to thick mouthfeel. Spicy oak notes and a Brandy-like fruitiness compline with an almost rubbery nuance. Quite a bit of burn from the tongue to the stomach Finish: Fairly long but overly warming with the rubbery note persisting throughout.

Nose: cherry, vanilla, sweet sweet sweet. Taste: more cherry. Vanilla. Oak shows up with peanuts. Light alcohol. Oily and thick mouthfeel. This one is simple, and though it's better than the original, probably wouldn't buy again.

Rested 10 minutes. Served neat in a Glencairn. Nose - definitely a wheater. Burnt caramel, sweet corn, sourdough Palette - a cold heat, as weird as that sounds. Peppermint, oak, leather, maybe some dark chocolate? Finish - definitely some heat on it. Spearmint, vanilla, toasted oak. It has a nice chilled heat like a spearmint that lingers for a while. It’s pretty nice. Overall, a pretty good drinker. Provides a different taste than the rest of my collection. Definitely a nice, sweet wheater. Would not want this if it wasn’t barrel proof. Would be too sweet.