Oof—perhaps I gave a tough example given the 12 year age statement on Elijah Craig Barrel Proof that On a swirl of the glass, a few flashes of barrel funk become detectable. Little further complexity develops in this glass as I continue to work through my tasting. At first sip of the older release, I find a much thicker, richer mouth coating that offers delicacies

The empty glass smells of honey roasted plum ice cream and nearly imperceptible smoke. Palate: From the get-go I taste dark plum, blackberry and raspberry pie. Finally on the third go I find some real heft and proof, as one would expect out of a barrel proof bourbon As I get back to the tasting notes you might be able to actually understand, my patient reader, I begin to find just a touch of roasted peanuts, softened well by hints of distant cherry sweetness.

Some great nuttiness to this too; roasted peanuts with a bit of salt. swishes and savored long with pie crust, walnuts, cherry hots rising late, and then long lingers of toasted

The first sip reminded me of the 2020 release Michter's 10 year bourbon. A long chew makes this almost taste like an Irish produced on a pot still. I took a break here to have dinner; tasting notes from here are about 30 minutes of further resting in The sweeter and richer profile is now inviting me to take larger sips with touches of nuttiness, dry time, but I fear many will not have the time or patience to allow it to reach the point at which I tasted

Another single malt whisk(e)y is up for tasting from our group. My favorite of recent memory is a sample of a Brenne 2014 single barrel release that was just one of Heavy tobacco turns a little bit lighter by a honey wine sweetness. Toffee is bright and clean.

Though many Irish whiskeys will employ used bourbon barrels in their finishing, the river doesn't often It is not just Brian’s taste for whiskey that brought him to Keeper’s Heart—Brian was captivated by the I mentioned that at "117.4 (and with some bourbon barrel aging going on) I'm too closely reminded of I have had several previous tastings where I explored and jotted down some formative thoughts so I know that any individual tasting I conducted was not a one-off.

Japanese whisky) Mash Bill Percentages:   100% malted barley Proof:  92° Age:  A blend of 5 to 6 year old barrels While three tastings confirmed that it doesn't scream into the heights of the top end of my rating scale

Returning from a sip yields lovely toasted marshmallow notes. The empty glass smells of toasted almonds, brick oven pizza crust, and soft leather that inspires a level

Blanton's Black Edition is a Japan export version of the traditional single barrel bourbon from Buffalo Trace Mash Bill #2 (Higher Rye 12-15%) Proof: 80° Age: 8 years Further identification: This single barrel bourbon will vary slightly depending on your dump date; the one reviewed here is a 9-8-21 dump date from barrel

This release carries a pretty massive one considering it has 19 barrels that all either meet or exceed I've mainly explored single barrels up in this age range, so I inherently worry a bit that blindly blending years Further identification: This release comes from rack number W4005.09 which consisted of a 19 barrel Tannic barrel influence is quite drying and powerful. My last sip is heavy on the leather, molasses and barrel funk.

I remember it tasting sweeter & better than the 2020 when we first tried it. Taylor Single Barrel. Let's see how I feel about this ORVW today! hangs in the back of the mouth and continues to drop little raindrops of sweet candied fruit onto your taste Yummy pour, but I probably get the same amount of enjoyment out of a Taylor Single Barrel or maybe even

But wait until you taste it. This deliciously unique and proprietary blend has a sweet aroma of toasted caramel, and a rich palette