Notes

Here you can view all the lovely things people had to say about the featured whiskeys and also view pictures that they have submitted.

James Hatfield

Hanky

Oh my. This will get rated low but dang it’s so good.

Sam Knoll

Chef Sam

Extremely smooth and very tasty. A lot of fruit

Josh Light

Getting leather on the nose with is a little off-putting. Medicinal taste on the palette. No clue what this could be but, i'm not a fan of this one.

Derek Glunz

Quotes

Smooth, tasty, easy drinking. Confused by the color. Scotch from a sherry barrel?!?

Michael McKee

Mike "Alex's Brother" McKee

nose is super floral..smells like a port. Taste...cherries for sure. I'm guessing a port finished bourbon. Finish is short, but clean. Very nice and mature!

Alexander Mckee

Alex Mc(whis)kee

He drones on and on and on and on. I try to nod and follow what he is saying. He continues to describe every detail of his life story, down to the number of buttons on his military coat when he signed up to fight the Orc incursion (4, 4 buttons). Now he’s on about how the peace talks went south and how it all went to shit when we gave up the river on the north side to the greenskins. He reminds me that he’s 1/32 Orc himself so it’s ok for him to say all this. I roll my eyes, but hide it by looking towards Vanessa. We elected to keep our relationship a secret, and come to this Wintercrest party as ‘friends.’ If he knew a Half-orc was dating his little neice, he might actually have a heart attack. That would get me out of this conversation at least. He takes a liking to me, pulls me in to his study. ‘Now here’s something you can’t get nowadays. My gods we used to be a real kingdom.’ He procures a bottle, a menacing orc wielding an axe and a stalk of barley. ‘Try this my boy, it’ll put real hair on your chest. It’s actually made from the orcs!’ I chuckle to myself, we toast the King and I drink. I maintain eye contact with ‘uncle glory days’ and I chug the whole glass. He tries to keep up with me but chokes and coughs. My mother made stronger stuff to go with her morning cereal.

Jonathan Cory Kraftchick

Hef

Tastes pretty thin and a little young. Maybe a couple more years in the barrel, but not feeling it's quite ready. Here's a cool pic of a Christmas tree made out of whiskey barrels from a company in Wake Forest. https://thewhiskeyworkshop.com/products/bourbon-barrel-christmas-trees-two-sizes-69754

Scott Beckett

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My palate may be miscalibrated at the moment. This just tastes like a petroleum product of some sort.

Scott Beckett

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When the write up includes way more talk about the story behind the name than the spirit itself… I stand by my rating.

Jonathan Cory Kraftchick

Hef

Yeah... I have to agree with you here. Their website has a ton more merchandise than it does whiskey which is usually a sign of a distillery that needs age their whiskey longer.

Ben Freeman

Wildcard

Tastes like Momma's tears

Ben Freeman

Wildcard

Sweeeeeeeet heat!

Bryce Freeman

Bryafree

Not too strong, just right. Loved this one… about to mix it with some root beer 😂

Derek Glunz

Quotes

Light, vanilla on the nose. Not light on the palette… wow. Tough to read with all that heat

Erin Kraftchick

Mrs Hef

Derek! We need Teryn back in the calendar!

Kelsey Harkins

Team Harkins

Utterly befuddled. We're bad pickers but loving the journey.

Hallie Knuffman

Nice spice & depth of flavor. Good for when I’m in the mood for a ‘serious’ pour.

Kelsey Harkins

Team Harkins

Brought out a glass from a big time bourbon drinking event trying to manifest, but I dont think it worked.

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Kevin Guyer

We think it might be a rye, but it is no secret that I don't know $%!& about $%!& when it comes to whiskey, so let's roll the dice. Regardless of the accuracy of the guess, we both like this.