Teachers Blended Scotch Whisky

Nose: Fresh fruit, honeycomb, leather, peat, moss, damp wood, greens, (like parsley and fress cut grass), iodine

Taste:  Grassy, plain crackers, light sweetness, peat, mild burnt sugar, mild pear, endive, resin, and a nice sweet maple syrup.  

Finish:  Hints of tobacco, leather, tannin.  A bit of sweetness remains as well.  Notes of bitter herbs and grassiness. Intense, yet pleasant oak wood.

This is really an excellent price point for a quality blended scotch whisky. Cheers to them for keeping the price point down! I guess since they don't have the multi-million dollar advertising budget of some of the "Walker types", they can pass the savings on to us, the whisky lovers.

Bunnahabhain 12 year old Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Bunnahabhain 12 year old Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Nose;  Oatmeal, pancake, tobacco, mocha, cinnamon, cola, paper mill, touch of wintergreen.

Taste:  Tea, orange rind, brown sugar, oak, bourbon, slightest hint of smoke, spice, pepper.

Finish:  Herbs, parsley, oak, oak, and oak, a touch of brine, a hint of the sea, and a bit of low-tide earthiness.  Also a mild almond cookie, (windmill cookie), and a sort of cedar essence.

Quite a wonderful and complex whisky.  As if an Islay whisky were married to a fine bourbon.  Very much worth a try!  Cheers!

Belle Meade Bourbon

Belle Meade Bourbon, from Nelson's Green Brier Distillery in Nashville, TN

Came on this bourbon by chance, as it is not available for sale in Michigan.  Was offered a glass a few years ago and really enjoyed it.  Have since bought two bottles, on via mail order, and one from a friend in Kentucky.

Nose:  Peach, mango, grassy greens, rhubarb, maple, tobacco, evergreen.

Taste: Red Delicious apple, pepper, vanilla, pecan, dried fruit, oak, pine.

Finish: Warm, medium long finish.  Raisin, spice, tannins, caramel, touch of clove.

Really love the rounded, cakey, soft, fruit taste.   A classic bourbon experience, with a rich, fruit, and meadowy, (grassy) feel.

If you are ever in a state where this is available, you ought to get some.....A craft barreled bourbon for our time.  Cheers!

Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon

Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon review:

Four Roses Single Barrel.  For the record, the bottle was labeled;  Warehouse # RN, Barrel #67-6Q

I sampled this with a splash of water.  Since this whiskey is 100 proof, a bit of water is suitable to open the flavors and allow the whiskey to reveal itself.

Nose:  Blackberry, carrot, sweet potato, shortbread, burnt sugar, citrus, honeysuckle, straw, alfalfa.

Taste:  Pear, orange peel, oak, spice, date, nutmeg, bitter clove, caramel, toffee.  

Finish:  Long, woody, herbs, toasty pecan, thyme.  Wonderfully cake-y,  and  loaded with herbal and earthy attributes.    

Overall: One of the best Four Roses Single Barrels I have tasted.  A genuine single barrel whiskey will vary with different barrels.  While I have never been disappointed with any Four Roses Single Barrel expressions, this is one of the most well balanced, forward flavored, warm, and feisty ones yet.  Cheers!  

Henry Mckenna single barrel bourbon whiskey.

This is an affordable, and well made bourbon.  Part of the Heaven Hill Distilleries family.  They are an independent, family owned and operated company.

I first tried this bourbon as part of a flight of bourbons at a local establishment.  I made a note to get a bottle after the first sip!   I found it to be warm, sweet, rich, and developed.  Notes as follows.

Nose:  spongecake, peach, burnt sugar, maple, cedar, touch of clove

Taste:  wood, pine, oak, not as sweet as the nose, pear, pecan,

Finish:  medium, smooth, nice oak, hints of tobacco and leather

A very worthwhile sipper. Would also make a fine Old Fashioned.  I recommend everyone have a bottle of this in their bar.  Sure to please your guests.  Cheers!

Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch Bourbon

Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch Bourbon Review.


Yes, yes.  I am so pleased to review this bourbon.   A very fine bourbon for a mid-range price.    I believe this is a must have bourbon for everyone's bar.....sure to please.

Tasting notes:

Nose:  Apricot, honeysuckle, clove.   A whiff of warm waffles.  Prominent cedar.  Nutmeg.  Rose, rose-hips.  A nice marshmallow.

Taste:  Banana.  Spice.  Cinnamon.  Maple.  A bit of grape candy.  Basil.  Cardamom.

Finish:  Woody tannins.  Burnt wood.  Yellow cake.  Pecans.  Root-beer.

A wonderful, smooth, yet powerful small batch bourbon.   Full flavored.   Very approachable, and lively whiskey.  Cheers!

Knob Creek, Small Batch Bourbon

Hello and salutations!

Bourbon.  Yes!  Bourbon.   The quintessential American whiskey!   A very specific set of rules (laws), guide the production and distribution of bourbon whiskey.   I love the stuff!  No doubt.    Sweet, woody, with spice, vanilla, toffee, and various  fruit and oak notes,,bourbon is a first class whiskey, and should be deeply explored by any whiskey enthusiast.

Knob Creek, Small Batch Bourbon is a wonderful introduction  to the wold of premium bourbons.  My tasting notes follow.

Nose:  Brown sugar.  Orange.  Vanilla.  Apricot.  Pears.   Also a sort of alfalfa and hay note.

Taste:  Spongecake.   Caramel,  spice.  Oak.  A piney, resinous taste.  Sweet, cider taste.

Finnish:  Apple-wood.  Herb/bitter.  Cinnamon.  Fragrant oak.  Juicy Fruit gum.

This is the bourbon that first got me interested in premium bourbon.   Seems to be an honest, well crafted bourbon.   Full flavored, quality, and rich.   Overall experience is rich, flavorful, forward flavored, perhaps a bit much for bourbon noobs, but spot on for anyone interested in experiencing premium, aged, bourbon,