Old Carter 12 Year Straight American Whisky Batch 1 (2018 Release)

Said I was done till the weekend but this followed me home and I wanted to get some notes out early as possible on it. Plus...I'm pretty excited. Full disclosure, I have zero idea what this is beyond being whisky and 12 years old and 134.9 proof. Nose - One hell of an alcohol kick here. Oh this is unique. There's a grape/plum type fruit nose over good american oak, and I think some vanilla. Water brings out that butter scotch note I get on the flavor profile. it's still super fruity. Taste - Oh flavor is all butter scotch and then a fruity funky oak finish. Oh man...this is special. I'm getting a nice tobacco note (maybe because I smoked cigars this weekend I'm getting it), touch of leather, and i swear this note could be some kind of soda even, it's this fruity and vanilla. Then I get some nutty notes. I'm really impressed with this. Their rye (batch 2) is decent stuff, their bourbon (batch 2) was really nice but to me a touch young. This is better than the other two. A lot better, but you really have to like this butter scotch and oak.

Nose is all butterscotch, and really appealing. Palate has a lot of wood, is a bit drying, but really pleasant with a moderately long finish.