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Sweet, smokey aromas are light on the nose. The front of your pallet picks up sweet, smokey flavors while the back is more zesty with a smoked spiced kick at the end. Overall smokeyniess is not overpowering at all but is definitely present. Easy, neat sipping, mesquite flavor is a good alternative to something peaty.
NOSE
Mesquite BBQ smoke, blackberry licorice, oak, caramelized banana, slight cocoa and spice and leather.
Mesquite BBQ smoke goes on and on and makes for a wonderful profile.
PALATE
Mesquite BBQ, oak, blackberry licorice, nutty, sweet tobacco and some leather and spice.
This is fun, this is tasty, it’s not for everyone, but in its niche, it’s a killer.
FINISH
Long -> Mesquite, oak, spiced citrus, and nuts slowly fade out.
Def a single malt, but the mesquite smoke definitely gives a nice rich flavor. The after taste has a little bit of floral accents, but I’m liking this smoky follow. It’s like a campfires and smoked beef jerky in a glass. Would drink again.
Rating: 13/23
This has has a ton of time to age in the bottle with a whole lot of air. Bottle kill tasting.
N: Rich and full with smoke carrying that mesquite barbecue bitterness, roast meat, apple, minerals, and vanilla. The scents are a bit brash and at odds with each other and the youthfulness does come out. It reminds me a bit of Corsair Wildfire, but less balanced and mature.
P: Smoky yet sweet with barbecue leading into ash tray with a bit of grassy herbaceousness and tartness underneath that bleed into apple and then vanilla. There's minerality that makes the palate kind of light and there's somehow still also a bit of a youthful bite (though I don't taste the alcohol). It's oddly brash for something that has had so much air. The maltiness shows, but it's just another weird flavor sticking out.
F: Malty sweetness with apple leading into bitter-tart smoke and grass. It's all still kind of a jumble.
- Conclusion -
So this is definitely not a 15, unfortunately. I'm thinking somewhere in the region of a 13.
OK, wait a second. I just threw out the bottle and glanced at the top of the cork. It says "B: D19-3" and on the line below it it says "D: 01/19". Now, I first tried this bottle in July 2019, so I'm thinking this looks a lot like it's saying this was only aged for 2 months?! I'm quite impressed if that's the case. Though, if it is, I'm very frustrated that they didn't give it some more time. Just 2 months?! What if it had had a year!
This was a unique one. I did a blind tasting between this, Cedar ridge single malt and JJ Neukomm cherrywood smoked single malt. It was obvious which one was which. This tastes like you dripped grease from your backyard bbq into the glass. It's so heavy and oily with the mesquite influence. It really is slow roasted bbq in a glass. The first sip is like homemade smoked beef jerky and then the olfactory senses kick in with heavy char, cherry, grass and salted butter. A single malt to remember. A welcome addition to the American single malt category.