A blend of Kentucky and Indiana corn, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota Rye, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota malted Barley.
Intriguing aromas of crisp rye fruits, earth, vanilla, cotton candy, rich sweet, honied dried fruit, with a slight floral (violet) note. Lovely depth and complexity with a touch of light coffee and vanilla oils. Soft, succulent, quiet sweet and oily on the palate. Mouth coating with crisp rye grains, sweet honied dried fruit and vanilla. A touch floral on the middle with a palate cleansing tanginess. Lovely complexity starting with the oily fruit and finishing with the crisp earthy grains. Very long with the toffee coated fruit lingering with a touch of liquorice. Stylistically it is somewhere between Old Bardstown and Evan Willams.
Big, rich and creamy on the nose with honey, rye fruits and hints of Demerara. Initial corn sweetness and peppery spice layered with chewy toffee and caramel. Very long with the vanilla and caramel flavours lingering.
A blend of Kentucky Corn, Minnesota Rye and North Dakota Malted Barley.
Initially it has a quite fragrant nose, and an almost winey character with a fabulous mix of almonds, pecans, brown sugar and stewed apples – The ideal American breakfast! The body is big and silky and is far spicier than the nose suggests with a superb depth and complexity of maple syrup, vanilla toffee cream, violets, and a very long spicy finish with a hint of old leather.
A blend of Kentucky Corn, Minnesota Rye and North Dakota Malted Barley.
“World Whisky of the Year” in the 2005 Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible. “I cannot really find a fault here: the oak is big enough to add a herbal almost medicinal quality, which on its own could be a downer were it not for the extraodinary, just about perfect, counter provided by sharp, juicy rye fruitiness and sweetening corn. Stick your nose in this – but only after you have warmed it to body temperature and have 15-20 minutes to spare. Really tasting notes are pointless in some ways: look for it and you will find it there. This in some way redefines complexity; the enormity of the age and strength at first wrinkles and shrivels the palate, but when your eyes have stopped watering and you can focus, you will see you’re in Eden. The splendour of the rye leads the way, with a soft, oily body forming from which much more succulent corn springs. The oak is a vaguely bitter pulse somewhere in the background. In the midst of this a buttery, small grain anthem is played over and over again; much quieter by comparison but the fruits remain and now a natural, caramelised corn sweetens the building, coffeed oak. I have tried this with water at varying strengths, but to get the best out of this bourbon you have to be brave. Take ay full strength, but only in very small amounts. Such is the enormity of this whiskey it will soon spread around the palate offering its full service. Along with a certain Ardbeg, this George T Stagg is without any shadow of a doubt one of the two best whiskies it has ever been my luck and privilege to taste in nearly 30 years” (JM)
A blend of Minnesota Rye, Kentucky Corn and North Dakota Malted Barley.
Huge, complex spicy aromas of crisp grain, oak, molasses, old leather and an abundance of slightly oily, delicious toffee. Thick and chewy with unbelievably spicy and powerful flavours – mint, eucalyptus, cinnamon, vanilla oak, leather, pepper and violets. Complex and sturdy the flavours come in waves and waves. One to sit and wallow in.
Very intense, young, exuberant and peppery aromas. Biting rye grains come to the fore with a touch of violets, coffee and supporting oak. Young and clean on the palate, quiet light with the crisp rye up first, followed by a very peppery middle, a touch of brown sugar, violets and oak. That lovely rye grain intensity runs through it nicely. Good length with an earthy after taste. It is not overly complex but it makes up for that with buckets of flavour and intensity.
Boiled fruit candy. Just so mouth wateringly firm and sexy; takes its time to find a rhythm as neither the oak nor the rye are sure whether to lead. Settles towards the middle as the salivating rye takes control; a few hickory notes add further depth. Faultless and mesmeric. The tongue is left to wander around the mouth involuntary investigating myriad flavour trails. Early doubts are erased by the majesty of small grain and the perfection of bittersweet harmony which unravels. Even the late arriving spices deliver something almost too teasing to be true. One of the greatest finishes in world whiskey, and make no mistake; what a box of tricks! Early on it’s as mad as a box of snakes, but the finish is something to inspire you to get in the chimney sweep, clean out the hearth and get the ol’ log fire going for the first time in 20 years. (JM)
A blend of Kentucky Corn, North Dakota Wheat and North Dakota Malted Barley.
The initial nose impact is full of cotton candy and black walnuts. It develops into a luscious dried fruit sweetness that is in perfect harmony with soft vanilla, powdered sugar and cinnamon spices. On the palate it boom’s with an explosion of Bourbon flavours, oak and a beguiling smoky sweetness. It’s an uncompromisingly hearty dram, but the finish is fresh and invigorating.
Superb nose, rich and seamless with lavender, violets and rich vanillery rye. Super soft and smooth. Lovely complexity with an earthy note. As promised on the nose it is soft, lush and super-smooth in the mouth. Incredibly complex. It starts with the gentle, soft vanilla and rye, then it really kichks in on the middle with spiced vanilla fruits and that lovely rye crispness. Power, balance and complexity. Very long with violets and all sorts of floral notes on the finish. Awesome.
A powerful, viscous nose of linseed oil, creme caramel, a hint of petrol and a complex vanilla sweetness. The palate is smooth and fruity with a pleasant vanilla sweetness, tangy mid palate and a very long creme caramel finish.
Clean, intense, youthful, more whisky like aromas with oak, creamy fruit, citrus, toast and an underlying light cereal/rye. Dry, light-medium bodied, crisp cereal, oak, violets and rye grain. Lovely and delicate, very long with a complex finish, again the rye has a softer bite on the finish.
A dark gold colour a more pungent almost peaty nose. Again the palate is powerful with a mouth watering/tingly acidity and again a slightly medicinal finish.
Clean, youthful, rich, sweet cereal, honey and earth. Superb depth with lavender, raisin fudge and light liquorice. Med-dry, full bodied with oodles of rich honey, cereal, fudge, liquid toffee with parma violets, earth and coffee. Very long, very oily and mouth filling with the rye grains coming through on the finish.
Very dark gold in colour with overwhelming creme caramel aromas. This is a powerful, full flavoured bourbon, with a caramel fruitiness and a slight medicinal finish.
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