The taste is spicy, but still sweet with black peppercorns, allspice, honey, vanilla, molasses, brown sugar, and caramel candy. The finish is very long with lingering spices and a good underlying sweetness.
Palate entry is crisp, prickly; by midpalate, the flavor highlights the toasty barrel char as tastes of maple, vanilla bean and dark caramel dominate this stage. Ends fiery, grainy, but lean.
It’s sweet yet assertive flavor profile offers mass appeal with just enough dimension and potency to work any way you like it, from sipping neat to mixing in cocktails and everything in between.
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House Review
Nose:
Very sweet, mildly fruity and loaded with vanilla and molasses.
Taste:
There's some cinnamon and wood spice, followed by vanilla and a thicker buttery mouth feel. Good balance of sweet and spice, although the spice is much less prominent.
Finish:
Medium to short with some mild heat. Its pretty well balanced though. Maybe a little young, but not offensively so.
Overall:
In the end, this isn't half bad. Great nose and palate with a slightly disappointing finish, but nothing tragic.
Score:
80
By t8ke
Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources
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