- Raided Score: 86
- Publication: Whisky Advocate
- Excerpt: Aromas of ginger, plums, cinnamon, fresh-baked cornbread, and fresh-squeezed cherries. The warm palate packs caramel, nutmeg, and vanilla with lovely cinnamon on the finish.
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- Raided Score: 93
- Publication: Distiller
- Excerpt: The finish is medium to long, with vanilla, more oak and slight pepper.
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- Raided Score: 82
- Publication: whiskyfun
- Excerpt: Very good, just not totally magical anymore. Too young, perhaps…
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- Raided Score: 84
- Publication: The Whiskey Wash
- Excerpt: The medium duration and slightly dry finish continues the barrel driven flavor profile with seasoned oak, toasted pecan, and light cream with a touch of rye grain driven flavors such as mint and black currant.
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- Raided Score: 77
- Publication: Whiskey Raiders
- Excerpt: This is an ok product but its flaws become egregiously clear the more the dram continues on. The nose is undoubtedly the best part.
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Nose:
Sweet cinnamon and sugar. Lots of clove. Spicy rye notes with some fruity cinnamon. This is a bourbon, but has a lot of high rye notes to it. Almost like cinnamon toast crunch cereal. Odd, but accurate.
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Taste:
Fruity, sweet and clove heavy. Medium mouthfeel - liking this proof. Some passion fruitness, brown sugar and maple. Some aggressive astringency on the back end though.
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Finish:
Medium length but growing a but hot and definitely astringent. The nose was so great - whats happening here?
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Overall:
This is an ok product but its flaws become egregiously clear the more the dram continues on. The nose is undoubtedly the best part. Ive never had an opportunity to try the 15yr age stated Noahs Mill but I certainly hope it was superior to this. I dont take price into account but for the $55 - $65 that this seems to be generally available at, Id pass in lieu of many other delicious things. Im giving this a Rank 4 - there are some flaws and theyre difficult to overlook. I need to get my paws on the age states version.
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Score:
4
- Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources
