7,000+ Whiskey Database
Liquor
Masterson’s Straight Rye 10yo
Type
ABV
50%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Very woody nose, with tons of oak. Lots of fruit, with bananas, peaches, apricots – and even pineapple.
Taste
Sweet honey, vanilla and caramel up front. Then tons of zingy spice hit you – with hot cinnamon and all spice, mixed with pepper.
Finish
Very long, pepper and cinnamon lead off, but then fade as the sweet fruits and some brown sugar come in.
Liquor
Masterson’s Straight Wheat 12yo
Type
ABV
50%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Light dried fruits, and a bit of orange peel. Woody and earthy, it is a bit soapy with a touch of dry glue (unfortunately).
Taste
Delicate on initial approach, with light vanilla and caramel notes.
Finish
Medium short, buttery finish – with a strong baked.
Liquor
Masterson’s Wheat Whiskey
Type
ABV
50%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Sweet and mellow, with vanilla and caramel and oak at its backbone.
Taste
Grainier flavor profile emerges, with a light, crisp.
Finish
Lingering sweetness and a lasting warmness.
Nose
Prickly. Immature spirit. Green oak. A sweet note of toffee apple.
Taste
Very sweet,almost sugary. Pine resin and toffee.
Finish
Very short,quickly fading.
Nose
A fresh, floral aroma followed by sweet vanilla and baking spice, with a touch of creamy coconut.
Taste
A velvety mouthfeel with rich oak, cinnamon, ginger and a touch of chilli spice, balanced by toffee sweetness.
Finish
Smooth and silky caramel lingers alongside floral oak, tobacco and vanilla pod.
Nose
Almond, faint hints of fresh orange and melon, sawdust spiciness.
Taste
Baking spices and citrus once again. A light whiff of spring blossom later on.
Finish
White pepper heat and vanilla sponge cake.
Liquor
McCarthy’s Oregon Single Malt
Type
ABV
50%
Distiller
Nose
Dark hazelnut butter and bergamot tea; the smell centering around the lingering smoke of cold campfire embers.
Taste
Chicory and bitter chocolate
Finish
Long
Liquor
McCarthy’s Oregon Single Malt Batch No. W08-01
Type
ABV
42.5%
Distiller
Nose
Peat n’ smoke,caramel and vanilla.
Taste
Clean, peat with some sugar, followed by smoke and iodine.
Finish
Long with some emerging campfire notes
Nose
Roasted coffee beans, chunk charcoal, pecan pie, and molasses.
Taste
Chocolate-covered cherries, cacao nibs, blackberry jam.
Finish
Long
Liquor
McKenzie Bourbon Whiskey
Type
ABV
45.5%
Distiller
Nose
Char, tobacco, leather, apricots, nutmeg , vanilla, some spiciness, and some traces of dark fruit.
Taste
Toffee, (not caramel), corn, apricot again, vanilla, cinnamon, oak, char, leather, dark fruits, apple butter and vanilla.
Finish
Long, smooth and complex
Nose
Tart white wine, green apples, sourgrass, maple sugar, rye
Taste
Bit of malty sweetness, a moderate tongue burn, and vanilla-forward oak with hints of those tart grape note
Finish
Medium length, very mild barrel tannin, and very mild charcoal bitterness
Liquor
McKenzie Rye Whiskey
Type
ABV
45.5%
Distiller
Nose
Tart white wine, green apples, sourgrass, maple sugar, rye
Taste
Bit of malty sweetness, a moderate tongue burn, and vanilla-forward oak with hints of those tart grape note
Finish
Medium length, very mild barrel tannin, and very mild charcoal bitterness