First I want to apologize for not updating for a while. I actually had a baby in April so I wasn't able to do any tastings for about a year. Now that baby is good and healthy and sleeping through the night I thought I would start back up.
Tonight's review is of Auchentoschan 12 - a Scotch I cannot pronounce. Hooked on phonics has failed me.
Cost: 37.99 from Bevmo
Alcohol content: 40%
Method: Neat
Color: Light/Honey
Nose: Sweet, Alcohol, very very light floral, dust. Not musk, but like dusting a room.
Taste: Burn. Not great. Light musk. Sugar.
Finish: Maybe brown sugar? Weird aftertaste. Everything else was normal but the aftertaste is hard to describe.
This scotch is *okay*. I would buy others before this BUT it's a really great price. Sometimes scotch this cheap tastes like motor oil. This isn't half bad.
75/100. Solid C.
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Glenfiddich 12
Method: Neat
Color: Russet
Nose: Pear, Fresh Wood, Flour
Taste: Pear Flesh, Honey, Vanilla, Coconut
Finish: Medium-Short finish. Delayed burst of sweet cake and frosting followed by a coconut suntan flavor.
Color: Russet
Nose: Pear, Fresh Wood, Flour
Taste: Pear Flesh, Honey, Vanilla, Coconut
Finish: Medium-Short finish. Delayed burst of sweet cake and frosting followed by a coconut suntan flavor.
74/100
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Lagavulin 16
This one we got lucky on. Aaron gets a gift card from his work on his birthday and hire anniversary. He cashed them out for costco giftcards last year. We used them to get Lagavulin when it was on sale. It only cost us about 20 bucks, but it's normally about 90 bucks if you get it from Bevmo.
Color: 1990s sunglasses. Light reddish brown, like a beer bottle.
Alcohol Content: 43%
Nose: Apple, cold fruit, parmesan? Something else is there, but I can't pin it. Not a great smell. The apple and cold fruit are nice but something fuckey is present.
Taste: Almost like a white grape. This is not strong at all on the tongue. Light burn but more on the mild side than other things I've tasted. Far on the fruit side, not tasting a lot of peat.
Finish: Finish is much better. Smokey, fruity, refreshing. Like a mouth full of water at a bbq. Quite nice.
Notes: This was pretty nice. If it wasn't 90 bucks I would have it in my house all the time. I will probably get it whenever it goes on sale. Unlike most of the things I've tried, I'm happy I got to taste it.
95/100.
Color: 1990s sunglasses. Light reddish brown, like a beer bottle.
Alcohol Content: 43%
Nose: Apple, cold fruit, parmesan? Something else is there, but I can't pin it. Not a great smell. The apple and cold fruit are nice but something fuckey is present.
Taste: Almost like a white grape. This is not strong at all on the tongue. Light burn but more on the mild side than other things I've tasted. Far on the fruit side, not tasting a lot of peat.
Finish: Finish is much better. Smokey, fruity, refreshing. Like a mouth full of water at a bbq. Quite nice.
Notes: This was pretty nice. If it wasn't 90 bucks I would have it in my house all the time. I will probably get it whenever it goes on sale. Unlike most of the things I've tried, I'm happy I got to taste it.
95/100.
Not a scotch - Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine
Scotch is proving too expensive to buy on a regular basis, as well as taking up too much room in my kitchen. Last check we had 6 bottles of scotch from various tastings left over that we need to finish before we can bring in.
Which brings us to today's review - Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine
Price: 19.99, but on sale from 27.99, at Bevmo
Method: neat
Alcohol content: 50%
Color: clear
Nose: Not much, but you can smell the alcohol content
Taste: no
Finish: no
Notes: This was so bad that I gagged on the first swallow. My body immediately felt we were being poisoned. It tasted like if you had sucked on a corn pop for an hour, not much flavor but corn undertones. But there was nothing good about this. No after flavor, no nothing. There is not much merit to this compared to other things you can get today. I mean, I guess if you're an alcoholic with the shakes right after prohibition was enacted, and all you have is a can of creamed corn and a yeast infection, that you would have to make do. But there is just so much out there today. You don't have to settle for this.
I will be getting a flavored moonshine to see if it's just this I don't like but my hopes are not high.
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Score: 30/100, only because it was better than that Dewar's honey monstrosity.
Which brings us to today's review - Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine
Price: 19.99, but on sale from 27.99, at Bevmo
Method: neat
Alcohol content: 50%
Color: clear
Nose: Not much, but you can smell the alcohol content
Taste: no
Finish: no
Notes: This was so bad that I gagged on the first swallow. My body immediately felt we were being poisoned. It tasted like if you had sucked on a corn pop for an hour, not much flavor but corn undertones. But there was nothing good about this. No after flavor, no nothing. There is not much merit to this compared to other things you can get today. I mean, I guess if you're an alcoholic with the shakes right after prohibition was enacted, and all you have is a can of creamed corn and a yeast infection, that you would have to make do. But there is just so much out there today. You don't have to settle for this.
I will be getting a flavored moonshine to see if it's just this I don't like but my hopes are not high.
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Score: 30/100, only because it was better than that Dewar's honey monstrosity.
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Ardbeg 10 year
The second tasting of tonight is one Aaron picked out. I want to preface this review by saying that I really do not like peated whiskeys. There is something about that peat flavor that reminds me of bog mummies. It doesn't help that peat has a bandage flavor and reminds me of regular mummies. I have a hard time getting past it.
Their box claimed to be perfection on the palate and the best whiskey in the world. High expectation should have a higher than expected delivery.
Color: Pale gold
Price: 54 @ Bevmo
Alcohol Content: 46%
Nose: Disappointment, hesitation. The medicinal flavor hits you right at the start. It also has a very strong smoke scent. I imagine it's what fire logs wrapped in gauze smell like.
Taste: Salt water, burnt things, as if a hospital in Hawaii burnt their medical waste.
Finish: My mouth went numb.
Notes: No. Not for me. If you want to camp next to a bog and eat dirt than this is for you. But this is not for me at all.
60/100
Their box claimed to be perfection on the palate and the best whiskey in the world. High expectation should have a higher than expected delivery.
Color: Pale gold
Price: 54 @ Bevmo
Alcohol Content: 46%
Nose: Disappointment, hesitation. The medicinal flavor hits you right at the start. It also has a very strong smoke scent. I imagine it's what fire logs wrapped in gauze smell like.
Taste: Salt water, burnt things, as if a hospital in Hawaii burnt their medical waste.
Finish: My mouth went numb.
Notes: No. Not for me. If you want to camp next to a bog and eat dirt than this is for you. But this is not for me at all.
60/100
Pocket Shot Whiskey.
Boom. Time for a new update. I had a few reviews that I wanted to put up but my dog ate my papers. For reals. Evolution has not been kind to Charlie Barns.
So I have two new reviews I'll pop up today. The first one is for a really cheep shot from the Pocket Shot brand.
Pocket Shot - 4 year Whiskey
Cost: 1.99 @ bevmo for one shot.
Alcohol Content: 40%
Color: Deep Oak, like hardwood floor.
Nose: Wood, strong alcohol scent, very sugary smelling.
Taste: Light alcohol flavor. Very sweet and mellow.
Finish: Very nice finish. Toned down from everything that hit the nose. Fruity, but no strong pull in any one direction.
notes: Very nice whiskey. Where most whiskey would leave me reaching for some pepto this didn't feel like fire on the way down. Would buy this in a normal sized bottle.
90/100
So I have two new reviews I'll pop up today. The first one is for a really cheep shot from the Pocket Shot brand.
Pocket Shot - 4 year Whiskey
Cost: 1.99 @ bevmo for one shot.
Alcohol Content: 40%
Color: Deep Oak, like hardwood floor.
Nose: Wood, strong alcohol scent, very sugary smelling.
Taste: Light alcohol flavor. Very sweet and mellow.
Finish: Very nice finish. Toned down from everything that hit the nose. Fruity, but no strong pull in any one direction.
notes: Very nice whiskey. Where most whiskey would leave me reaching for some pepto this didn't feel like fire on the way down. Would buy this in a normal sized bottle.
90/100
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Crown Royal Maple Finished Whisky
I wanted to try a couple of scotches and whiskys that were finished to see if that honey monstrosity was par for the course, or alone in it's level of vileness. So when I saw Crown Royal maple finished whisky I thought I would give it a go.
Method: Neat
Price: $22.00 at Bevmo
Alcohol Content: 40%
Nose: Strong Maple. Not quite like huffing a bottle of Aunt Jemima, but still quite strong. Sugary, Sweet, nothing else is really coming through.
Taste: Light wood, sugar, slight burn. Not very strong on the maple, but it's there.
Finish: This is where the maple really takes off. What's left in your mouth after you've swallowed is what's left in your mouth 10 minutes after eating pancakes. It's not overpowering but there is no denying that maple is the only thing that really comes through.
Notes: I really like this. It wouldn't be my go to drink, but I would definitely buy this again. This is not something that I would mix with soda, it probably won't make good cocktails. But if you were trying to turn someone onto scotch or whisky, this is the route to take. 90/100
Method: Neat
Price: $22.00 at Bevmo
Alcohol Content: 40%
Nose: Strong Maple. Not quite like huffing a bottle of Aunt Jemima, but still quite strong. Sugary, Sweet, nothing else is really coming through.
Taste: Light wood, sugar, slight burn. Not very strong on the maple, but it's there.
Finish: This is where the maple really takes off. What's left in your mouth after you've swallowed is what's left in your mouth 10 minutes after eating pancakes. It's not overpowering but there is no denying that maple is the only thing that really comes through.
Notes: I really like this. It wouldn't be my go to drink, but I would definitely buy this again. This is not something that I would mix with soda, it probably won't make good cocktails. But if you were trying to turn someone onto scotch or whisky, this is the route to take. 90/100
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