The honey wraps around the mid palate to give a candy-corn dimension and the sawdust evolves into bold toasted oak. The finish is hot and spicy, but adding a few drops of water douses the unnecessary burn.
Being a wheatear I wasn’t expecting the David Nicholson 1843 to be as spicy as it is, but it’s a fantastic dimension to pair up with the sweet, oak, toasty and roasty character that presides over the dram as a whole. This whiskey is, in a word, delightful.
Overall, this is short, sweet and thin. Not bad, but not impressive. I have a feeling this distillate is younger and from less quality casks than what goes into Old Fitz and Larceny since I remember liking those more.
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House Review
Nose:
Ethanol, caramel, confectioners sugar. Pretty much all sweet.
Taste:
Thin, werthers caramel candies, faint honey and fruitiness. Mild oak / tobacco but not prominent in any way.
Finish:
Short, faint oak and caramel.
Overall:
Overall, this is short, sweet and thin. Not bad, but not impressive. I have a feeling this distillate is younger and from less quality casks than what goes into Old Fitz and Larceny since I remember liking those more.
Score:
75
By t8ke
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