Notes
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Scott Beckett
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It's sweet, but not simple. Lots of dark fruit and brown sugar/molasses save it from just being a syrupy sugar bomb. The proof doesn't quite sneak up on you, but it drinks easier than it ought to. Black Cherry cola for grown folk.
Scott Beckett
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Wood, straw, and cherry on the nose. Brown sugar, spices, raisins in the palate. Fruitcake whiskey, in a good way. Tastes big but not huge. Could it be the Four Roses Small Batch Select?
Scott Beckett
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Peated but not overly so. English leather, some tropical fruit... Talisker? Jura?
Scott Beckett
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Lots of oak and char on the nose. Fairly tight but opens up to some fruit notes after a sip. Cherries and brown sugar on the palate. First thought was a high rye bourbon.
Scott Beckett
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Green apple and honey on the nose. More green apple and oak and maybe some iodine on the palate? Light peat? Reminds me of Highland Park.
Scott Beckett
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Nose - black cherry, caramel, cinnamon, wood varnish, maybe a little peach back there somewhere. Palate - brown sugar, canned peaches in syrup. Tastes a little hot.
Scott Beckett
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Green apple and honey on the nose. Touch of spice, though maybe I'm just not washing my glen cairns well enough. The honey and green apple trade places on the palate. Not very hot at all. Super smooth, but not too complex.
Scott Beckett
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Looks like coffee from the color. The nose is tons of wood, chicory, burnt sugar, herbal notes on the back end. Palate - this is something with cold brew in it. Jameson? Better than Fireball by a hair.
Scott Beckett
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Nose - a huge improvement over Day 8. Wood varnish, spices, leather. Struggling to find any fruit, maybe peaches? There's like a mustiness or something that dominates the nose. Caramel/burnt sugar on the palate. Tastes like a rye or a high rye bourbon.
Scott Beckett
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Pretty subtle nose but a splashy palate. I feel like the more I taste it the less I know about it. Slight peat?
Scott Beckett
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Burnt sugar and cherries on the nose. Some cinnamon and baking spice. A little bit of a dusty or musty note. A little peach on the front palate. Tastes fairly big, thought unpleasantly hot. Sits pretty on the tongue. Is it the Old Forester 1920?
Scott Beckett
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Pretty tight nose. Lots of alcohol on the palate, but lots of sweetness also. Like a cherry cola finish. Not a lot of fruit. Tastes big but simple. Could be rye but I'm playing the odds.
Scott Beckett
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Green apple, maybe some cantaloupe on the nose, caramel, like a hint of spice. Brown butter on the palate, brought out like an apricot thing in the nose. A pleasant, fruity malt whisky.
Scott Beckett
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Stewed apples on the nose. Green apples on the palate, some cinnamon, some like dusty furniture polish. I wonder if this is Japaneseโฆ
Scott Beckett
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Cherries, oak, caramel. Whew, that's hot. Brown sugar, peaches, ethanol. Baking spices on the finish.
Scott Beckett
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Really lovely green apple on the nose with a little shortbread in the background. Sweet and a little hot on the palate. Brings spice notes to the nose. It's a little simple, but otherwise nice. Irish?
Scott Beckett
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A little cherry but also some peach on the nose. The palate is underwhelming at first but brings out some herbal notes on the nose. Not a lot of sweetness here. Is this a rye?
Scott Beckett
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Not much on the nose but this might be my favorite malt of the calendar so far on the palate. Tastes like a big boy.
Jonathan Cory Kraftchick
Hef
This is A LOT hotter than I remember. Almost like this could be on an episode of "Hot Ones".
Jonathan Cory Kraftchick
Hef
Smells incredible. Like putting cherries in my wheaties. But when I taste it, it's just so so. Kind of thin. Maybe better if in a mixed drink.
Jonathan Cory Kraftchick
Hef
A pretty good Scotch. Straight down the middle. Tastes like a partridge in a pear tree if the partridge flew away.
Jonathan Cory Kraftchick
Hef
Pretty good and I get that nice sting. Fades kind of fast, but otherwise good.
Jonathan Cory Kraftchick
Hef
Smells like a unique hard cider. Getting a little more oak and leather on the palate. The finish really lingers. Loving this one.
Jonathan Cory Kraftchick
Hef
Like it and tastes like a good budget bourbon. The smell is solid, the palate is pretty good too, but the finish almost tastes medicinal.