Notes

Nose - a huge improvement over Day 8. Wood varnish, spices, leather. Struggling to find any fruit, maybe peaches? There's like a mustiness or something that dominates the nose. Caramel/burnt sugar on the palate. Tastes like a rye or a high rye bourbon.

Looks like coffee from the color. The nose is tons of wood, chicory, burnt sugar, herbal notes on the back end. Palate - this is something with cold brew in it. Jameson? Better than Fireball by a hair.

Green apple and honey on the nose. Touch of spice, though maybe I'm just not washing my glen cairns well enough. The honey and green apple trade places on the palate. Not very hot at all. Super smooth, but not too complex.

Nose - black cherry, caramel, cinnamon, wood varnish, maybe a little peach back there somewhere. Palate - brown sugar, canned peaches in syrup. Tastes a little hot.

Lots of oak and char on the nose. Fairly tight but opens up to some fruit notes after a sip. Cherries and brown sugar on the palate. First thought was a high rye bourbon.

Peated but not overly so. English leather, some tropical fruit... Talisker? Jura?

Wood, straw, and cherry on the nose. Brown sugar, spices, raisins in the palate. Fruitcake whiskey, in a good way. Tastes big but not huge. Could it be the Four Roses Small Batch Select?

It's sweet, but not simple. Lots of dark fruit and brown sugar/molasses save it from just being a syrupy sugar bomb. The proof doesn't quite sneak up on you, but it drinks easier than it ought to. Black Cherry cola for grown folk.