Spirits Reviews

Brilliant, amber/copper color. The nose is beautifully complex while also directly offering scents of caramel cream, orange zest, baked peach, and cocoa nibs with accents of toasted oak and ginger biscuits. The palate echoes the nose delivering a stone fruit and toffee-driven core with supporting notes of candied ginger, brown baking spices, toasted oak, and sandalwood. Full-bodied and ideally balanced offering a rich core with very vibrant flavors, which is admirable considering the strength. Made with a mash bill of 68% corn, 20% wheat, and 12% malted barley. $49.99 – 4.5 Stars

Brilliant, deep copper/bronze color. The aromatics are very intense, offering scents of toffee, candied ginger, and cashew butter with supporting notes of honey, charred oak, and caramel. The palate confirms the nose, delivering a butterscotch-driven core with supporting flavors of marzipan, toasted coconut, roasted nuts, and baking spices. The finish is long and lingering. Full-bodied and perfectly balanced with a voluptuous texture. $46.99 – 4 Stars

Brilliant, medium copper/bronze color. The aromatics are very intense, giving scents of almond butter, butterscotch, and cola nut with supporting notes of crème brulee, marzipan, and honey. The palate echoes the nose, delivering a candied ginger-driven core with flavors akin to roasted nuts, five spice, dried fruits, and brioche. The finish is long and lingering. Full-bodied and ideally balanced with an opulent texture. $46.99 – 4.5 Stars

Brilliant, light golden straw color. The aromatics are very intense, presenting aromas of toffee, orange blossom, and banana bread with supporting notes of baked apple, Sherry, nutmeg, campfire, and vanilla bean. The palate is in full accord with the nose, delivering a butterscotch-driven core with flavors of baked apple, sultanas, honey, and crème brulee. The finish is long and lingering. Medium to full-bodied and nicely balanced with a velvety texture. $37.99 – 4 Stars

Brilliant, medium golden/amber color. The aromatics are very intense, presenting scents of crème brulee, ginger biscuits, and almond butter with supporting notes of molasses, charred oak, and Rum cake. The palate is in full accord with the nose, delivering a sweet toffee-driven core with flavors of spicy rye, oak, baking spices, and mocha. The finish is long and lingering. Full-bodied and ideally balanced with an opulent texture. $109.99 – 4.5 Stars

Brilliant, deep copper/bronze color. The aromatics are very intense, offering scents of dried fruits, red currant, and brown sugar with supporting notes of cashew butter, honey, and fruitcake. The palate confirms the nose, delivering a dried fruits-driven core with flavors of baking spices, candied ginger, caramel, cigar box, and honey. The finish is long and lingering. Full-bodied and perfectly balanced with a voluptuous texture. null $99.99 – 4.5 Stars

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. $89.99 – 4.5 Stars

Brilliant, deep golden/amber color. The aromatics are wonderfully intense, offering scents of baked peach and apricot, treacle, and baking spices with supporting notes of candied ginger, butterscotch, honey, and cashew butter. The palate is in full agreement with the nose, delivering a black fruit-driven core with flavors of gingerbread, caramel, roasted nuts, vanilla, and black pepper. The finish is long and lingering. Full-bodied and impeccably balanced with a voluptuous texture. $79.99 – 5 Stars

Brilliant, deep amber color. The aromatics are very intense, offering scents of baking spices, caramel, and cashew butter with supporting notes of vanilla, candied ginger, and charred oak. The palate confirms the nose, delivering a baking spices-driven core with supporting flavors of dark chocolate, gingerbread, butterscotch, dried fruits, and orange peel. The finish is long and lingering. Full-bodied and favorably balanced with an opulent texture. $39.99 – 4.5 Stars

Bright, deep copper/bronze color. The aromatics are very intense, presenting aromas of candied ginger, toffee, and honey with supporting notes of charred oak, smoke, and butterscotch. The palate is in full accord with the nose, delivering a dried fruits-driven core with flavors of Lapsang souchong, five spice, leather, and roasted nuts. The finish is long and lingering. Full-bodied and flawlessly balanced with a rich, meaty texture. $69.99 – 4.5 Stars