Tamdhu Batch Strength Batch 003

Nose - dark fruit from the sherry, some floral notes and a bit of vanilla, oak spices Taste - bold sherry flavors and strong oak spices, some nutty notes and a touch of vanilla Finish - oily and lingering, slightly tannic and decent amount of burn

There are immediately several flavors coming out. The drink is rich with a bit much alcohol flavor. There is notable leather here and some bitterness of tobacco, but there are also red fruit notes, spices, and chocolate. The strength and punch make it taste a bit bourbon, but with an impressive amount of age. The alcohol is a bit much and I wish that the finish were a bit sweeter, but it's appropriate as a bourbon and doesn't have that awful cinnamon burn. It reminds me a bit of Booker's. It has some faults and is surprisingly bourbony, but this is still a really good whiskey. The has some nice complexity, but too much alcohol. That said, I wish that more bourbons followed it's example. That said, it's a bit costly for its quality as a bourbon.

Sherry BOMB!! Sweet, delicious Sherry from nose, to palate to finish. The oak comes in halfway with warming baking spices. Finish is long with cinnamon coffee cake, orange, and dark fruit. Wonderful! Eye: Dark teak wood Nose: Sherry, oak, baking spices, some citrus. Palate: Sherry, Sherry, Malt, Cinnamon Finish: Long Sherry with more baking spices, cinnamon, nutmeg, with oak.

Sweet, thick, and astringent. Not as hot as I’d think it would be. Also not as much of a sherry bomb as I would have thought. More sherried than Balvenie 12, less than Macallan. Demerara sugar and vague fruit. Will have to revisit. Thanks to Ticknor for the sample!

Oak, sharp after taste