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!