This year for the holidays I’m going to try a brand new whiskey every day in December. #lifegoals Dec. 28 The time of high dollar Orphan Barrels is over. The time of the mini bottle stocking stuffers is now. It’s pretty nifty how Santa always delivers me a handful of 50mLs that I’ve never had. Every year. This one hits your nose like fruit wine. There’s cherry, grape, raspberry. As with so many of these liqueurs, it’s a syrupy fruit scent, not tart nor natural. Medicinal. Body is a direct delivery of the nose. No surprises here, although over time some of the sweetness comes via vanilla and not just the syrup. Finish: no sir. I mean... there’s a mild heat on the backend, but overall this drink gives you exactly what it promises from first sniff. The artificial sweeteners they must put in these liqueurs... hot damn. In a blind taste test, I’m not sure I could pick this out of a lineup of berry flavored medicines. I think Beam accomplished precisely what they intended to here, which for some ungodly reason was to compete in the bull crap bourbon liqueur space. In that space, this little guy isn’t the worst, but it’s also not a front runner. ‘Tis the season. I DO have 3 more new whiskeys lined up. Thanks St. Nick!