Highest Rated
Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve 23yr • 2/26/2015 • 5.0
Age has treated this treated this spirit kindly. All those dark notes--Graham craxker, syrup, cinnamon, chocolate, root beer, anise--have all melded into one beautiful symphony. Just magnificent. *Mic drop*
Angel's Envy Bourbon • 12/18/2014 • 5.0
Sweet bouncin' baby Jesus this is good - fruit - banana and cherry and vanilla; this could be it's own Manhattan .
Ardbeg Uigeadail • 12/18/2014 • 5.0
Reserved - maybe a well kept swimming pool on the nose the palate is elegant - sweet sherry interweaves with the Ardbegian peat like a Celtic knot; Lithe and beautiful.
Lowest Rated
Dalwhinnie 15 • 5/29/2014 • 1.0
Char on the nose; unappetizing burnt rubber smell; tepid heat for 92 proof; no energy off the palate; dull… Sweetness but no life.
Orphan Barrel Forged Oak 15 Year Bourbon • 5/28/2015 • 2.5
Rounded fruit (cherry?) and maple notes on the first pass. Perhaps a little lean on the back edge. The maple notes linger all the way thru the finish. A little more heat up front than I expected. I think the leanness comes from over oaking, or extended time in barrel and a rye mashbill, I'm guessing. A few drops of water actuall further diminished this whiskey.
Charbay Whiskey Release III • 1/28/2016 • 3.0
A little dank basement on the nose. Dusty books and moss. The back end is like a nice hot bottle of Lowenbrau. Literally. Unlike anything else I've ever had, obviously. Almost a carbonated hot finish. Best for um, surprising your friend who hates beer?
