Uncle Nearest Straight Rye Whiskey
Brilliant, medium golden amber color. The aromatics are alluring with the scents of pecan pie, butterscotch, and honey with accents of white pepper and dried apricots. The palate is in full agreement with the nose delivering a caramel and custard-driven core with supporting notes of candied ginger and oak. Full-bodied and nicely balanced with a beautiful balance of decadent sweets and prominent spice. $59.99 – 4 Stars
Clyde May's Original Alabama Style American Whiskey
Brilliant, medium amber color. The nose is filled with the scents of sweet caramel, baked and dried apple and pear, and accents of brown baking spices. The palate is in full agreement with the nose delivering sweet caramel and toffee notes supported by baked fruits and pretty spice additions. Full-bodied and ideally balanced with waves of fruit and spice. $34.99 – 4 Stars
Tommyrotter Napa Valley Heritance Cask Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Brilliant, medium amber color with hints of ruby. The nose is intriguing offering scents of caramel dosed rye and corn Whiskey with generous red fruit and spice accents. The palate is in full agreement with the nose delivering a sweet oak and whiskey core with loads of red fruit with supporting notes of vanilla and allspice. Full-bodied with a rich and semi-viscous core. $47.99 – 4 Stars
Copper & Kings Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Brilliant. medium mahogany/amber color. The nose is filled with the scents of caramel and baked apple with ample spice accents including cinnamon, black pepper, and allspice. The palate echoes the nose delivering a baked fruit-driven core with supporting notes of chocolate cherries, orange zest, and cigar box. Full-bodied and nicely balanced with loads of ripe fruit foiled by generous spice accents. $65 – 4 Stars
Old Elk Cognac Cask Finish Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Brilliant, bronze to amber color. The nose is filled with the scents of toasted and steeped cereal grains supported by honey, nutmeg, and French Cognac casks. The palate is in agreement with the nose delivering perhaps a richer, and sweeter malt and grain-driven core with waves of caramel, Brandy, and charred oak. Full-bodied with ideal balance and respectable length on the palate as spicy and peppery accents rise on the finish. Made with a mashbill of 51% corn, 34% malted barley, and 15% rye, finished in Cognac casks for 10 months. $109.99 – 4 Stars
Old Elk Straight Wheat Whiskey
Brilliant, bronze to amber color. The aromatics are very engaging with scents of sweet grains, honey, caramel, and vanilla bean with accents of dried fruits and toasted oak. The palate echoes the nose delivering a rich, baked fruit-driven core with waves of baking spices, toffee, and vanilla with hints of oak and black pepper. Full-bodied with ideal balance and great length on the palate — its carries its strength with style and grace. $65 – 4.5 Stars
Kentucky Owl Confiscated Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Brilliant, deep amber color. The nose is filled with the scents of toasted oak, caramel, brown baking spices, and saddle leather with hints of spring flowers and dried herbs. The palate echoes the nose delivering an orchard fruit and toffee-driven core with supporting notes of brown baking spice, graham crackers, cigar box, toasted oak, and toffee. Full-bodied and nicely balanced offering a rich core with very vibrant flavors, which is admirable considering the strength. The Whiskey's source(s) and mashbill are unknown. $124.99 – 4 Stars
Kentucky Owl Wiseman Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey
Brilliant. deep amber color. The nose is filled with the scents of spicy rye enveloped in caramel fudge, cinnamon, oak, and toasted walnuts with a hint of citrus. The palate is in full agreement with the nose delivering a silky and spicy, rye-driven core with sweet honey and caramel notes foiled by drier oak and black pepper flavors. Full-bodied and ideally balanced as this overproof Rye Whiskey wears it's strength with finesse. Made with a mashbill of 95% rye. $60 – 4.5 Stars
Mr. Pickles Pacific Northwest Gin
Brilliant, crystal clear. The nose is wonderfully aromatic with the fresh scents of juniper in the lead with supporting accents of green tea, peppercorns, and hints of pine forest floor. The palate is in full accord with the nose delivering a rich and lush core of semisweet spirit with waves of juniper, citrus, and pickling spices with fresh herbs. Full-bodied and ideally balanced with the silky spirit being supported by a generous dose of acidity making it a pleasure to sip. $34.99 – 4.5 Stars
Eight Settlers Ragtown American Whiskey
Brilliant, deep golden/copper color. The nose is spicy and assertive offering scents of caramel with loads of brown baking spices with charred oak, and brown sugar. The palate is in full agreement with the nose delivering a rich caramel and fruit core with a lot of astringent tannins, spice, and black pepper. Full-bodied with loads of wood tannin, pepper, and spikes of alcohol heat. $60 – 3 Stars
