Another random sample to try this evening... let's see if this one is any good (:
On the nose, I get some honey, orange, sweet apple, brown sugar, some malt. My first impression is it's an Irish Whiskey. The nose is a touch hot, but not overly so.
The taste - I get some spicy heat, brown sugar, a rye like spice, cinnamon, honey... and malt ... so much malt. The finish has a cinnamon heat that lingers, and lingers. It's very nice. I am guessing this is an Irish, and I like it quite a bit, tonight I'll rate a 4.0/5.0.
Turns out it was Redbreast 12 Year Cask Strength, batch B1/22, 58.1% ABV. Back during 24 Days of Whisk(e)y 2024 I rated it a 4.0 then as well... it's really good stuff, biggest issue is it's north of $100 a bottle, so I pretty rarely buy one... cheers!
