Rating: 8/23 N: Minerals, citrus with an alcohol bit like in a cheap vodka, jicama. I'm not a fan of this. It's weird and funky like Ransom The Emerald, but it smells lighter with more flaws. P: It burns immediately. Spice, jicama, that ethanoly lemon, a bit of apple. It's medium-to-thin, but also a bit chalky and it tears the tastebuds off of my tongue a little bit. Something kind of earthy and spicy, like some sort of chili pepper, but not too spicy. Ah, I get it now. What's bothering me so much right here is that flavor cherry wood imparts that I describe as mushroomy. It's bitter, earthy, and vegetal. There is a sort of grainy layer in here that I like a little, but there isn' much I enjoy here. F: Oil and jicama, mostly. Perhaps a hint of lemon and a faint burn. Some of that chili still. Mushroom. - Conclusion - Side by side, Ransom The Emerald crushes this. I can't say I really love either though. OK, so the more I have of this, the more I appreciate it. The earthy flavors become more complex and interesting. Does it taste Irish? Absolutely not. I'd have guessed some sort of barrel-aged twice distilled potato vodka or something. Although this is very interesting, I don't think that it is that good overall, unfortunately, I like how it builds in complexity, but it's too young with too many off-notes. A 10 would be generous here and a 6 would be overly harsh. It isn't a great comparison, bit I think I prefer Glendalough Double Barrel a little bit. Not a lot, but enough to put this at an 8. I came back the next day and liked this a little more, but not a lot more. I considered as high as a 10 and seriously considered a 9, but I stuck with an 8. Thank you @PBMichiganWolverine for sharing this! It's been interesting trying some American whiskeys made in an Irish style. Unfortunately, it seems that I'm not much of a fan of Irish whiskey and I'm even less of a fan of American attempts to replicate it.