Westland American Single Malt

Harsh and barely better than jack

Vanilla. Cookies. Subtle peat

Nose: not much but a bit of fruitiness Palate: apple, char, caramel, chocolate Finish: char, malt , spicy The nose is deceiving, this is very full bodied with a deep chocolatey and spicy backbone. Pleasantly surprised

What do you know....I knew I didn't review this. Nose - ginger, malt, cake, barely, oak....complex, confusing....and not very good. There' honey and tea and all kinds of weird notes but ultimately. It's young oak and malt doing god knows what. It's fun to nose and I don't dislike it, but it's nothing special. Taste - Sweet upfront malts. I want to say this is honey comb cereal meets alcohol and young oak over tones. But there's more here. Some mint and some herbal notes. Caramel for sure. A lot of odd oaks Ok so this is complex stuff but it's not that good. It's not bad. I like it but I'm just not sure how to explain all these flavors as not being better than they are. I'm giving it a 2.25 which is higher than my enjoyment but I think the complexity needs to be respected. If you can try this....it's an interesting american single malt choice. But get the sherry or peated first....imo they're better.

Dark caramel and burn on the nose. Fiery oak on the pallete, good burn but just a hair too thin. Would've loved some more richness. Some vanilla sweetness carries on to the tail with the wood, the proof helps it tingle for a while. Mostly oak flavor, not unpleasant.