Nose: Cloves, tobacco, leather, dark chocolate
Palate: Dates, leather, tobacco leaf, rootbeer, walnut, figs
Rating: 8 / 10 – what a well rounded and delicious pour
Nose: Sandalwood, chocolate, malt balls, slightly perfumed
Palate: Dried figs, prunes, cinnamon stick, cloves, marzipan, tiniest amount of astringency on the finish
Rating: 6 (Ryan) 7 (Shane) / 10
Nose: Golden raisins, dandelions, bee pollen, peach gummies.
Palate: Lead pencil, dirty wood, peach gummies, slight taste of mushrooms
Rating: 2 / 10 – such discordance.
Nose: Leather, dark chocolate cherries, dark chocolate sorbet, smokey mesquite briquets
Palate: Leather, warm thick as a spoon smokey dark hot chocolate, even going to cocoa nibs and raw coffee beans. With a dusting of powered chiles. Freeze dried cherries and Turkish apricots. The earthy n oak flavors taper off and menthol & figs.
Rating: 9 / 10 – rich, luxurious, powerful and amazing
Nose: Like a very fancy men’s aftershave. In the most complementary way possible. Musky, sweet, woody. If it was higher ABV, I would splash this on my neck. Cherries, ganache, sandalwood. An epic alcoholic white chocolate truffle. Rose water and violets. Rich high grade maple syrup.
Palate: Such gentle sweetness. Blackberries and cassis. Fresh tiny mountain strawberries, nearly as zippy as they are sweet. Candied rose petals or a rose white chocolate truffle. Fleeting brownie batter note. Fresh apricot. Refined sugar. Finish reminds me of a Dublin Dr. Pepper.
Rating: 8 (Shane) 9 (Ryan) / 10 – unbelievable refined and beautiful sweet song.
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: Smoked ham and cheese hot pockets, smoked caviar, meringue, wood smoked eggplant, fresh chopped chives.
Palate: Roasted peppers (bell & poblano), okra, browned butter, pan roasted spam, braggs amino acids. grilled and smoked head of lettuce with crisped anchovies. Freeze dried strawberries and a drizzle of sweet cream with sea salt
Rating: 6 (Ryan) 7 (Shane) / 10 – OH YUM YUM. This is great.
Nose: Prosciutto wrapped around cantaloupe, cedar chips, cotton candy, rose hips, orange peel, the tiniest brush of cloves, almost cola vibe
Palate: Bunch of peat well integrated with the other flavors, surprising for an older cask. The combo of barrels does wonders here. Very blackberry/raspberry, licorice. Wool socks. [Ryan]: Damn, I don’t tend to love the more heavily smoked, peaty side of the spectrum these days, but this is delicious.
Rating: 6 / 10 – when compared to the pure bourbon sister cask, it comes short, but on its own, a very nice pour.
Nose: Sugar cookies, poached pears, licorice stick, wintergreen life savers – the one they gave you in space camp to chew under the stars and so them spark, oily, packing tape, burnt brown sugar, fresh made caesar salad dressing.
Palate: Wood 2×6 to the face, smoked honey, biltong, deep brooding fresh cinnamon, yummy.
Rating: 5 (Ryan) 7 (Shane) / 10 – Rich smokey BBQ awesomeness.
Nose: Yummm, more elegant and well rounded nose than its previous sister cask. Fruity, plums, apricots. Banana boat sunscreen, clarified butter, pretty sweet.
Palate: Big raisin love, super ripe purple plums, banana leaf wrapped pork tamales in campfire
Rating: 7 / 10 – sweet smokey fruity deliciousness
Nose: Graham crackers, chocolate cherry fudge, a very sweet jamaica (cinnamon, hibiscus, star of anise)
Palate: Hazelnut, plum leather, actual leather, bright peat
Rating: 7 / 10 – tiny private cask from a few friends (bruce, hughes…). Freaking delicious
Nose: Plain milk chocolate m&m’s, snack pack chocolate pudding cups, stale vanilla wafers you pick up at the costa rican gas station on the way to a company meeting… nearly a tradition. Graham crackers / circus animals, werther’s originals, tangerine flan with a well balanced layer of smoke.
Palate: Tangerine cut in half and plopped on the grill with a sprig of rosemary. Grapefruit peel. Wildflower honey. Sour grass.
Rating: 5 (Ryan) 7 (Shane) / 10 – a fun mix but surprised too
Nose: Chocolate turron with rice krispies, nougat, cocoa pod flesh, dried cherries
Palate: Leathery, chocolatey, delicious.
Rating: 7 / 10 – big delicious simple sherry bomb.
Nose: Butterscotch, cedar, touch of sulfur
Palate: Caramel, lemon peel, mongo white tea, sulfur.
Rating: 5 / 10 – too dirty sulfur for me but it’s an exciting pour.
Nose: Chicken satay peanut sauce, peanut brittle. FRESHLY CRACKED DENTAL DAM. We sure he logged this right? Smells like a madeira. So savory. Rosemary. Mince and apple pie. Curried apples. Golden raisins. Lebanese rice pilaf with dried cranberries and almonds. Wet hay and clovers.
Palate: Usually when the palate matches the nose, that is a plus. But noooope. Nope nope nope. This goes onto the cheap street food that keeps you up all night and industrial rubber spectrum. Then it shifts into a kinda pleasing apple pie vibe. But it doesn’t save it.
Rating: 4 / 10 – Friends don’t let friends drink this alone. Hold my hand Ryan. This juice is for savages. The dry sherry vibe is so darn overwhelming.
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