Dec 11 whiskey Advent calendar.
Egan’s 10 year old Irish whiskey.
Nose: lemon and tons of honey. A hint of cumin?
Taste: more honey and orange. Peppery bite on the tongue. Long orange/honey finish that goes on for ages.
Pepper intensifies as it continues to open up. Yummy.
December 10th entry in this year’s whiskey Advent calendar which just arrived today.
Pineapple, leather, and old books in the nose. Weirdly, smells like a used bookstore. A little dusty.
Taste: a hint of orange peel. Pepper. Salt and sea air. Something bitter and undefinable.
The color is kind of a pale gold.
It has a long finish that tastes like chewing on a stick. Possibly a pencil. There is something mineral about the finish.
With a spot of water, there’s a weird citrus and herbal aroma that emerges, which is very familiar but I can’t quite place it. Finally at the very end butterscotch and caramel emerged very prominently, but only when I only had a sip left.
Having a Bruichladdich at Encore in Vegas. It’s less interesting than I remembered it. Salt and smoke but not much more. Disappointing.
2019 Barramundi Shiraz. Delicious and approachable. Leather and smoke and a silky mouth. Will buy again.
29 bottles of Ring Bo Ree.
Mmmm. So good.
Caramel and oak and leather. Almost justifies the price. This was really amazing.
38 bottles of ringboree.
Earthy, leathery, and slightly yeasty at first but opening up with flowers and grass after a few minutes. It leaves me wondering if I like it. I shall come back to this in a glass or two. …
Later…
Well it’s growing on me but it’s still not a favorite. It’s just a little thin and a bit tart. 25 bottles of ringboree I think.
Bushmills is always Bushmills. And I suppose if you like consistency, that’s a very good thing.
I’ve just never been much of a fan.
Stranahan’s sherry cask single malt. Details at https://flaviar.com/stranahans/stranahans-sherry-cask/
Raisin. So much raisin. And chocolate.
Details at https://flaviar.com/george-remus/george-remus-straight-bourbon-whiskey/
On first opening it had that weird dill pickle aroma but this quickly gave way to a LOT of cherry and brown sugar which was kind of surprising to me.
Delicious but with a bitter/sour aftertaste that I really don’t care for.
Details at https://flaviar.com/sagamore-spirit/sagamore-spirit-straight-rye-cask-strength/
So much pepper and coffee. Mmhmm. Delicious!