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Okay, assume I have given the usual intro about not really being a liquor guy, and I'm especially not a whiskey guy. I don't even know if I'm supposed to spell it with an "e" or not. From the limited resources that I've consulted on the matter, it appears to be optional. Some people use it, and some people don't. I can't remember if it's like a thing where Ben Franklin decided to simplify spellings when we ditched England or it's more of a cultural thing. If anything, I'd say this was a light whiskey color - kind of like if the peanut butter whiskey was a little more brown and maybe a little watered down. This, too, doesn't look as dark as I would normally expect, but I have little to judge from. The aroma is, as you might suspect, whiskey. It smells sweeter than normal, but who knows for sure. I am very familiar with IPAs, and this doesn't smell of an IPA.
First sip shows very little in terms of an IPA, but it's a pretty nice whiskey, from what I can tell. It's sweet and has a very smooth nature to it that I could probably attribute to the right thing, if I knew anything about whiskey. The burn of the magnificent 40% ABV is there, but it's tempered by a smooth something... I'll call it honey for lack of a better descriptor. I think I should be tasting some hops, and I know what a lot of those taste like, but they seem overwhelmed by the whiskey.
Bottom Line: Better than most.
3.25/5
