Nose: Milk chocolate, wool sweater someone smoked pipe tobacco in, biltong, hazelnut, pistachio gelato, dill.
Palate: Full on savory, pistachio encrusted filet mignon, ryan says beef wellington, black pepper oloroso pan sauce.
Rating: 9 (Shane) 8 (Ryan) / 10 – this threads the needle on a full on savory meat bomb without going sulfur in the least.
Nose: Funky fruit, garlic, hint of sulfur, oyster crackers, bad clam chowder
Palate: Super ripe nearly rotten fruit, turned mangoes, pineapple, rambutan, pencil lead, kerosene or gas undertone, hint of garlic on tiny sips.
Rating: 4 (Ryan) 6 (Shane) / 10 – really reminds me of a big hogo rum a la hampden / long pond. If it wasn’t for the garlic this could be awesome. It’s so challenging and kind of upsetting.
Nose: Lemon peel, pepper, pine resin, spice box, baby bell with the wax, violets
Palate: Banana saltwater taffy, touch of caramel, overripe cantaloupe, manchego, lemon verbena tea, band-aids
Rating: 5 / 10 – a perfectly pleasant young laddie, but the slightly pine vibe isn’t bad but is an unusual note.
Nose: Sherry or esters?!? What the what? Falling asleep in the sun on the back of a party boat. Asshole dude with a giant ceramic fish keeps trying to pour more rum punch down my throat but I have to avoid getting seasick. Strong oak paintbrush. So well balanced.
Palate: Hickory summer sausage, cacao nibs, leather. Caramelized figs. Fresh medjool dates. Muscovado sugar. Full frontal christmas class. Rum soaked dried fruit. A touch of sea salt. Asphalt and bandaids. It’s not glendronach or dunville’s christmas, it’s dirty harry christmas.
Rating: 8 / 10 – Awesomeness. Big bold flavors. Huge thick syrupy rummy. Deviously and broodingly delicious. And let’s be honest, a lot of people will complain that the Springbank or even Kilkerran character is lost. Fuckem. It’s delicious. Good hooch is good hooch.
Nose: Amaretto, almond, dates.
Palate: Really pleasant sweetness, chai tea
Rating: 5 (Ryan) 6 (Shane) / 10 – feeling terse today.
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