Tag: Cask #60

Rating 8/ 10
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Balcones Peated Sauternes Cask 60%

Nose: Peat is lovely and gentle, tangerine, waking up early in the mountains and a cabin across the valley has their wood fire up as the smoke curls lazily on a warm wind, jasmine, with water I get more cinnamon

Palate: Tangerine, cinnamon honey stick, graham crackers with a hint of tasted marshmallow, bruleed super ripe fig, with water nutmeg, and hints of chocolate

Rating: 8 / 10 – holy crap this is just damn good. Not weird novelty good. But delicious.

Rating 2/ 10
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Belgrove Distillery Young brandy made from salvaged smoke tainted grapes, Red Wine Cask 60.5%

Nose: The strangest desert of my life was at La Leche, a cotton candy “taco” filled with sugar fried corn and foie gras. Although ryan says more chicken liver mousse. Which could have been good but simply was not. A confection in a glass. Honeycomb. Limestone chalkiness.

Palate: Yipes. I don’t actually like it but I can’t look away. 7 flavors in seconds. Intense smoke and salinity. Hard core grape pommace. White vinegar. Lemon grass. White pepper on the finish. Chewing on a popsicle stick, trying to get the final fruit essence out but it’s all wood. A mouth coating that I need to find a word for it, but I guess oily. I highly advise you not to take a big sip. Industrial tractor cleaner. Vulcanized rubber. The legs on the glass are absurd.

Rating: 2 / 10 – Pure fucking chaos. It’s like the Joker (from batman) was given access to the still for a day. I refuse to rate this (but Ryan was perfectly happy to). It’s an experiment and a fascinating one. Would I want a bottle? fuck no. Would I give this to a friend? not a real one. Am I glad I tried it?!? damn skippy. And with one of my besties! Yup, never ever drink this alone friends. That would be a cry for help.