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Blanton's The Original Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey
Review by: AnonymousColor: amber
Nose: grass, pepper
Body: thick
Palate: caramel, grains
Finish: pleasant peppery note
It's kind of a mess. This whiskey doesn't know what it wants to be.
Oban 14 Year Old
Review by: EddieColor: Copper Amber
Nose: Sort of like fruit thas been kept a little to long and some wet grain.
Body: Medium, Mouth coating.
Palate: Light spice, butter Toffee, a little grass.
Finish: Short and sweet, Didn't stick around long.
Took a bottle of this to a party, had a lotta comments and most of them were the way I felt, OK BUT NOT GREAT, IT SEEMED LIKE IT NEEDED SOMETHING. I liked the bottle but I wouldn't by another..O WELL.
Johnnie Walker Black Label 12 Years Old
Review by: MandrakeColor: Warm amber
Nose: Darkly fruity, raisins and currants. Caramel and a hint of smoke.
Body: Medium body, a bit watery.
Palate: Blackcurrant and wood, lighter notes too. Apple and a bit of heather.
Finish: Slightly abrupt and not particularly well integrated. Fruity notes, hint of smokiness.
Surprisingly good blend, a massive step up from the Red.
Ballantine's Finest
Review by: wilderthanyou2367Color: Light straw yellow
Nose: Lots of smoke, alcohol and a little peat.
Body: medium
Palate: Lots of peat, and a smokey aftertaste.
Finish: Warm, tingly and alcoholic
Not bad, but not great. Might be a good introduction to scotch, but alcohol is too prominent
Aberlour a'bunadh
Review by: TheDippMannColor: Like damp sand
Nose: Reminds me of a wet night.
Body: Heavy
Palate: Sweet like fruit, very similar to mandarin oranges.
Finish: Very warm and tingly. Satisfying!
A surprisingly spectacular whiskey. Being 120 proof, it is incredibly smooth. The flavor is rich and doesn't leave me wanting one bit. I would recommend any day as one to at least try once!
Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Review by: MishimaColor: Heavy oaken brown in the bottle, lighter, buttescotch yellow in the glass
Nose: The Jungian archtype of Bourbon measured out in 30 ml: The first rising sweetness, corn syrup thick till it is almost maple. Underneath the wood plays, american oak and Kentucky summer, a shy spiciness that imitates nuts, burnt toffee, cinnamon. It is the long wafting must of a plantation home, the fetid aroma of nostlagia and decay.
Body: An easy medium, swaggers without pomposity. Slick but not oily.
Palate: It is not the saccahrine swill the nose sometimes suggests, but fufills the undercurrents, the elegant, wonderfully restrained wood dominates instead, allowing the nebulous spices a word in here and there.
Finish: It is not until after you swallow that you get any sense of alcohol from this whiskey. But like a lingering resentment it comes all at the end, fierce and brutal - a heaving fire that smolders down to a tingle that will slowly fade, leaving a velvet thickness in your throat. And a touch of dark chocolate my senses discovered long before but my mind could not evoke.
Buffalo Trace is polished, elegant enough for a cigar and smoking jacket scene, without losing the raw frontieer spirit credentials that the word Bourbon evokes. It is a quiet unassuming bottle, affecting no pretensions, but its plummable depths, and easy swilling straight from the botttle attitude marry together the two worlds of whisky without compromise.