I am going to be tasting all of these blind thanks to my lovely significant other, Brittany. the sandalwood kicked in again 3rd closest to the lightest sandalwood influence Plum and black pepper blend

There were several pours that tasted like they could have possibly had fruit juices blended with them

I recently tasted through Batch 12-18 all blind to see if I could pick out a favorite batch. to curl your toes and elicit a true 'wow' experience, you'll be sorely disappointed by a tasty yet bland

I have future intentions of lining up Batch 12-15, or maybe even 16 now, in a blind head to head to find Try having a bite of something bland after this and you're going to have a tough time finding anything

That is the burning question in my mind tonight, so I had @amongstthefernsco set me up a blind sample They were blinded for me, but for sake of clarity I will reveal which glass is which below. Ranking: Batch 9 > Batch 10 > Batch 11 I'm glad I dove in on this blind tonight. I am also surprised I have a different rating for batch 10 as I had when I reviewed it un-blinded last

Deep inhales are a bit metallic, bland, and dry. TL;DR: Flat, bland, and boring—this release is a slap in the face to Irish whiskey fans Rating:  2/5

I actually tasted these blind but was able to identify them easily given my extensive experience with

Now as everyone should know by now, Gordon’s does every pick blind. previous experiences with Four Roses single barrel barrel strength offerings have been tame and almost bland

I'm warming up my palate for an epic blind tasting tonight including the following whiskeys: 8 year OG Mash WFE Bourbon 4 Year WFE Rye Noah's Mill Old Bardstown 101 proof All of these will be tasted blind

sugar, black pepper, and dry vanilla bean can be pulled from the warm glass as the nose goes slightly blind I confirmed this thought with a blind tasting as well.

It's not bursting with impossible layers of complexity, but it is also certainly not bland in any way

We did blind head to heads at every bracket meeting point... It was my winner of last years bracket (we didn't document, nor did we blind), but it's unsurprising