Producing WhiskyCast has given me the opportunity to taste some really amazing whiskies, and I’m pleased to share my tasting notes with you here. You can search my entire database of tasting notes from this page, and I hope you’ll find it useful.
This spirit is distilled in Maine and is a blend of whiskey with spirits distilled from cane sugar (“sugar shine”) and finished in oak barrels with maple syrup added in for flavoring. As might be expected, there’s a strong note of maple syrup on the nose, along with oak, honey, buttered popcorn, and a hint of ginger root. The taste is sweet with maple syrup and underlying spices at first, then the cinnamon takes hold for a spicy and intense flavor with vanilla, honey, and the ever-present maple syrup in the background. The finish has lingering spices and that maple syrup note that remains as the spices fade. This one is not as well-balanced as it could have been, but would work well in a hip flask on a snowy Maine day. (September, 2016)
This spirit is distilled in Maine and is a blend of whiskey with spirits distilled from cane sugar (“sugar shine”) and finished in oak barrels with maple syrup added in for flavoring. As might be expected, there’s a strong note of maple syrup on the nose, along with oak, honey, buttered popcorn, and a hint of ginger root. The taste is sweet with maple syrup and underlying spices at first, then the cinnamon takes hold for a spicy and intense flavor with vanilla, honey, and the ever-present maple syrup in the background. The finish has lingering spices and that maple syrup note that remains as the spices fade. This one is not as well-balanced as it could have been, but would work well in a hip flask on a snowy Maine day. (September, 2016)
