Sean Lyons

9.4

A very specialized whisky - a heavy peated sherry BOMB. Most distilleries don’t bother with this combo because it is thought the two treatments don’t play well together and kind of cancel each other out. I see their point - this wouldn’t be my pick for a great peated or great sherried whisky. However, when i get the craving for that odd combo, nothing else will do. It’s confusing, but delicious. The nose is a great indicator of what you’re getting - smoke first, followed by a wave of dark, stewed fruits. The palate is the same, but with a brown sugar sweetness on the finish. Fascinating dram. — a month ago

Gunja Gargeshwari

9.4

A real competitor to the yamazaki 12 and I consider the Yamazaki 12 the gold standard! a little sweeter on the profile but the flavor is incredible! A steal at current price point. — 5 years ago

with Amit

David Kline

9.3

Warm vanilla and sherry trifle notes bordering on sponge cake with candied orange peel and cloves, as well as caramel apple, baked pear, baklava and bahri dates in this nose-feast. Hot entry with heavy oak that bites like a thorny rose stem, burnt brittle, toasted black sesame, leather whips, black pepper, vanilla bean, cedar, spicy tobacco with a squirt of grape seed extract, lingers on an wooden point that suggests cypress, but my mind returns to lac and wood stain, if they were edibles. There is also an igneous quality to the whole. The wooden Arrow of rye whiskey: Hot hot hot! #Willet #whiskey #whisky #rye #ryewhiskey #rarewhisky #barrel — 7 years ago

with Courtney

Austin Moberg

9.0

Hard to go wrong at this price point — 2 years ago

Ryan Vento

9.3

Really dig this stuff. Impeccable balance for the price point. — 5 years ago

Brian Lindke

9.2

Sherry, honey, cinnamon and ripe orange.
Heavy body for a 10 year old.
Long smooth finish with all spice and. Caramel.
Faint whiff of smoke.
Also,Great price point! — 7 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.3

Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery offers a series of Belle Meade Bourbons finished in different used casks. The Cognac finish helps reign in the bourbon’s flavors and choreography, coming to a narrower, cleaner point as it leaves the palate. Its aroma was described to me as “eggnog,” a descriptor I find hard to shake. The spirit does find a beautiful combination of suave, warming flavors – cream, cinnamon, clove – as well as a gentle magnolia blossom florality. — 8 years ago

Ryan Vento

9.0

Not as complex as I’d like but still good considering the price point. Charred oak, wintery spices, brown sugar. — 5 years ago

Ryan Vento

9.0

Deep notes of rich, golden honeycomb, espresso, and cocoa. This was one of the very first bourbons I ever purchased, and here we are several years (and multiple bottles) later and I’m still keeping their stuff in my liquor inventory because it’s just that delicious, especially for the price point. — 5 years ago

Mark Garcia

9.0

Much stronger than the 10. Surely a treat but still like the 10yr more at a lower price point — 7 years ago