Powers John's Lane Release 12 Year

I have to admit I was disappointed by this one. The reviews looked so promising. I saw it in a bar and thought I’d try before I sunk the money into a bottle. Nose is aggressive. A little water rounded it off and gave off a note not unlike Honey Nut Cheerios, if you could get drunk off those. Taste was pleasant enough. Typical single pot still maltiness. Not a bad pour by any means, and I would happily drink it again if someone offered it, but not something for my home bar I think.

Wonderful stuff!

Surprised I hadn’t heard much about this one. My Green Spot is on it’s last legs and I picked this up to follow it. The Powers is similar to Green Spot but just a little darker on the fruits, while coming across as more refined, buttery, and elegant. Beautiful Irish whisky that flies under the radar.

Here’s an updated tasting now that i’m further into the bottle. Let me just start with Irish Whiskies are not my favorite in general. However, This Power’s edition is just absolutely delicious Nose: Rich malt, milk chocolate, vanilla and caramel cream, apple turnovers with sugar icing, and then the pot still comes In with hints of copper and nitro lacquer, shortbread cookie and spiced pears. Palate: entry is sweet and oily with a little peppery spice on the sides of the tongue. Warm alcohol burn down the back of the throat. Apples and brown sugar, clove, cinnamon, cherry liquor, bourbon like vanilla, chocolate fudge, pear schnapps (Williams), Finish: slightly tannic and drying, cocoa, cracked pepper, flambeed pears and rum over crumb cake, vanilla and toffee.

Malty nose. Slick cinnamon honey.