Whisk(e)y Wednesday - 2025-06-18

All right ... time for another random blind sample. This has been fun and interesting so far... I'm not very good at guessing what I'm drinking sometimes, but - maybe today will be different (:

On the nose, this one is malty - it reminds me of an American Single Malt or maybe an Irish. I get some apple, citrus, no peat. I get some burnt sugar as well, along with orange marmalade.

The taste I find burnt creme brûlée, oaky dryness, orange and a it's a bit spicy in the back. The finish the orange carries through, along with burnt sugar, dry in the back.

This one feels a bit off, not sure ... maybe my tasting is just off tonight. I'd guess it's about 100 proof, American Single Malt, and youngish. Tonight I'd rate it a 3.5/5.0

Turned out I was drinking the Branch Point Trit Whiskey. Trit is a rye-wheat hybrid, and the first time I drank this I rated it a 3.5 as well. It comes in at 46% ABV, cost about $55, and does have some of the PNW malt funk that's present in a lot of Whiskey from Oregon. Cheers!

Whisk(e)y Wednesday - 2025-06-11

Well, I'm not making this a habit, which I guess is good and bad. Anyway, another blind Whisk(e)y Wednesday, randomly selected from about 30 2oz samples that I've saved and labeled with a code so I can look up what I'm drinking.

On the nose, I get butterscotch, ripe fruit, and it's malty. The taste has some hot spice up front, sweetness in the back and some orange as well. The finish I get a hot cinnamon, along with dryness in back and some orange and citrus. 

I'm guessing this is Irish, but the heat/spice is throwing me off a bit. It's the first pour of the day, so maybe it's drinking hot for that reason. The Red Breast Cask Strength would have some heat from the proof, and while I'm enjoying this, I don't think it falls into the Red Breast category of good. I'll rate it 3.75/5.0

Turns out this was the Powers Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey, John's Lane, Aged 12 Years, 46% ABV. I rated this a 3.75 during 24 Days of Whisk(e)y, and during the Irish Whiskey shootout afterwards, and now tonight. It cost me $67, it's probably worth another buy at that price.