7,000+ Whiskey Database
Liquor
Willet 5 yo Barrel 8585 (K&L Wines)
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Nose
Sharp dry woody note, fresh cut herb, warm caramel, melted butter and all spice.
Taste
Dense mouthfeel. Buttered corn and fresh mint.
Finish
There’s a fair bit of peppery heat that lingers in the mid palate and runs into the mentholated fudge finish.
Liquor
Willet 6 Year Barrel 1552
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Nose
Sweet vanilla syrup with dry herbascious nose
Taste
slightly bitter and waxy on the palate
Finish
Old metal workbench with a industrial finish
Liquor
Willett 11 yo Barrel 8220
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Nose
Caramel, wood, candy corn
Taste
Caramel and vanilla but not overly sweet. Water brings out honey and some of the vanilla from the nose
Finish
Bitter and woody.
Liquor
Willett 12 yo Barrel 8062 (Grand Krewe)
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Nose
Musty basement, pipe tobacco, lots of oak, good nose.
Taste
Sweet and hot, rock candy, still musty; water really makes it sing, bringing out some spicy notes, cloves, anise, pepper.
Finish
Spicy and peppery on the finish.
Liquor
Willett 13 yo Barrel 3665 (The Party Source)
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Nose
subtle, complex, with a nice oak to it.
Taste
The flavor has some good aged Bourbon characteristics (oak and wood) without losing its complexity, sweetness comes in late in the palate
Finish
Long and Neat
Liquor
Willett 13 yo Barrel 3696 (The Party Source)
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Nose
Oak up front but cotton candy/candy corn in back.
Taste
Nice balance of oak and sweetness with some citrus and herbs.
Finish
Very herbal with minty notes a tad bit of bitterness.
Liquor
Willett 14 yo Barrel 3679
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Nose
light candy notes with some spice.
Taste
Lots of flavor, big caramel, nuts, mint
Finish
More sweet candy.
Liquor
Willett 15 yo Barrel 8 (Bourbon DC)
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Nose
Peanuts, PayDay bar.
Taste
Rich and sweet with oak and burnt sugar.
Finish
Sweet and a bit spicy.
Nose
Oak, polished wood.
Taste
Huge oak notes, chocolate, honey, some acidic notes
Finish
Candy on the palate, wood on the nose.
Liquor
Willett 16 yo Barrel 3705 (Gonano)
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Nose
Profoundly deep caramel and oak notes.
Taste
huge chocolate notes – milk chocolate or maybe chocolate milk,caramel oak
Finish
The finish lingers on and on with sweet oak notes and more of that chocolate.
Nose
Very nice nose with oak and wood polish, sweet with lots of age on it.
Taste
Hot, woody, rich, aged but not chewy in mouthfeel.
Finish
a long, subtle Bourbon finish.
Liquor
Willett 17 Barrel 1550 (Pacific Edge)
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Nose
Oak, cherry flavored cough syrup and crushed nuts
Taste
Full body with dried fruits. The influence of the wood is present in more of a polished wood sense, nicely balanced and not overpowering.
Finish
Bittersweet long finish that’s like dark chocolate and citrus