Favorite Whiskey?

I had one amburana cask Nulu and hated it. My buddy really liked it and traded me an ECBP for it. Win, win. I don't know how to describe what it tasted like but I did noy like it at all. Spoiled dairy maybe? A definite funk.

 

No kidding. Well, if anyone one of yall want to ship one to CA let me know

 

If I stumble upon one, I'll send you a message

 

@ramonortiz55 is checking too. I'll let you know if it ends up working out with him. Thank you I appreciate it

 

Got one. Thank you.

 

@ramonortiz55 is a great guy!

 

Kind sir indeed!

 

Alright then, well shit.

 

This stuff tastes like a rum based cocktail or a cordial. It is not overly far from a Mai Tai - whether that's a good thing probably depends on how you feel about Mai Tais. I personally like them, but not in my bourbon.

Pleasant and fruity nose. A LOT of fruit. Don't look for your usual bourbon notes.

Sip it and you get punched in the face with raisins, plum, and heavy sweetness. There's not much complexity that I can tell - nothing to ferret out. If you'd told me it was finished rum in a blind I'd believe you 100%.

Finish - eat handful of raisins and wait 3 minutes. That aftertaste? That plus a little ethanol warmth is your finish.

So, it's not bad, it's just not what I go to bourbon for. Finished stuff is such a crapshoot. Master's Keep Voyage is a phenomenal rum finished bourbon. I have a honey cask finished bourbon I like very much. Then Barrell Seagrass, which I'm a huge fan of. Jo Magnus Triple Cask and Cigar Blend I endorse.

Then you have MWND, which I find to be *very* Port, this Rio, High n Wicked Jury which is Madeira finished Dickel, High West's Cabernet finished thing...all middle of the road at best by my gauge.

I'd pass on a bottle, because I think Seagrass does what this is trying to do in a much more balanced, elegant fashion. But that's me.

 

Oh, and drinks hot for 98 proof.

 

Supposedly the main flavor in an amburana finish is cinnamon. I don’t know what I tasted but it wasn’t that. Or maybe what I tasted is what it’s like to bite into an entire cinnamon stick.

 

I agree. MWND screams Port, which I LOVE. My first bottle lasted less than two weeks and I immediately searched out two more. But I generally agree. Finished whisky’s are hit or miss. I don’t generally lean toward them though I have a Barrel bottle open right now that is finished in ice wine barrels that was a gift, it’s not bad.

 

Yeah I read all that cinnamon roll shit.

Maybe some of the heat is attributable to a cinnamon note, but I don't get the cinnamon spice effect at all. This whole thing is just overrun with purple fruit, front to back, for me.

 

Just jealous over here your sippin already while I'm at work for another 3.5 hours lol

 

East coast.

I work til 1 on Fridays and ex has the kid this weekend.

Game on.

 

Live it up dude

 

@ramonortiz55 is the man, he got the 1.75L to me quick

 

Nice. He got a 750ml for me. Excited to give it a go once its here

 

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