7,000+ Whiskey Database
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
Liquor
Willett 17 yo Barrel 1605 (Dug’z & Willy’z)
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Nose
Polished wood, some Cognac notes, Teriyaki sauce
Taste
A flavor party: caramel, chocolate, aged Zinfandel, dried fruit, some acid, a tad bitter at late palate.
Finish
Sweet wood
Nose
A really nice mingling of oak and caramel.
Taste
Quite sweet initially with some mint and medicinal notes emerging mid-palate
Finish
Medicinal with a tinge of bitterness with some cough syrup on the nose.
Liquor
Willett 17 yo Barrel 58 (Mike’s WhiskeyHandel)
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Nose
The nose has candy sweetness
Taste
dense and complex with dark chocolate, oak. Water improves it even more, bringing out polished wood and musty old libraries
Finish
The finish is woody with just a slight wine-like inflection.
Liquor
Willett 17 yo Barrel L10-443 (Reid & Emerald)
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Nose
Sweet bourbon, low on the wood.
Taste
Quite sweet but not cloying, mint, a bit of oak, bit of acid as well. Water brings out dark chocolate notes and quite a bit of mint
Finish
A bit short and hard to get a handle on except for a fleeting sweetness and a slight bit of the acid
Liquor
Willett 17 yo Barrel L10-577 (Reid & Emerald)
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Nose
Rich and oaky, polished wood, some briny/pickle juice notes.
Taste
maple syrup, quite hot, woody notes and some dry barndy notes, still a fair amount of brine and some pine.
Finish
Walking through the pine forest.
Liquor
Willett 17 yo Barrel L10-7389 (Reid & Emerald)
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Nose
Deep caramel and toffee notes, candy apple coating, vanilla and some citrus
Taste
candy corn, chocolate covered blueberries,figs and raisins as well as some red wine notes, citrus
Finish
A glimmer of wood, along with chocolate, a bit of mint and some more of that general candy taste.
Liquor
Willett 17yo Shoppers Vineyard
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Nose
Smells like a wheater, more floral than spicy, syrup
Taste
A rich bourbon with a lot of floral spice and candy notes, but relatively dry which is unexpected based on the nose
Finish
little chocolate and nuts