HYDE No. 5 The Áras Cask Burgundy Cask Finish

I know this flavor. It is so familiar to me. But first the nose. Vanilla and fruit, maybe a strawberry and cream. Then when you taste it, its like an old friend. If you have ever been to Duluth and got drunk at Grandma's Sports Garden, this drink is the after party. Imagine you went to the Garden, bought rounds of Scooby snacks and water moccasins for you and your friends and this cute girl you just met, then you get too tipsy to close the deal. Then you head over to Perkins family restaurant to see if Tina is working. She is, so that's a bonus! Then Tina brings you pancakes and toast, because you need to sober up, its Thursday and you have school tomorrow. So you get ready to dig in to those pancakes, but before you do you smother them with the proper proportion of twin berry and apricot syrup, you take a bite of your toast and your crush that stack of pancakes. That's what this tastes like.

A rich, Single Grain, Single Malt Irish Whiskey by brothers Conor & Alan Hyde founders of Hibernia Distillers in Skibbereen, Ireland made with 100% corn, triple-distilled in a Coffey column still, aged for 6 years in re-charred ex-Bourbon casks before being finished for 6 months in Burgundy Red Wine casks from the Côte d’Or. It has an aromatic birth with notes of tart strawberry, ripe cherry over crème brûlée, toasted oak & brown sugar; while a rich & creamy life adds notes of roasted pecans, Crack Jacks, frosted cinnamon rolls, grapefruit bites & a hint of vanilla; that leads to a long death with notes of berry pop-tart, dried fruits & mocha. December 2020 / January / September 2022

Some nice honey, vanilla, caramel, brown sugar notes in this one - but it also is a little to hot for my taste, with the alcohol hit drowning out some of the more subtle flavors. There is a decent ashy finish to this, though.

Nose - Jammy cake and pecans, some vanilla, more fresh berries Taste - pecan praline is strong, some berry sweetness in the background Finish - sweet nuttiness lingers, slightly dry at the end, mild burn

Horrible. Taste like I just swallowed a mouthful of rubbing alcohol. Was hoping that the smell, also of rubbing alcohol, was not comparable to the taste. Feel like my money was wasted.

Flaviar Advent Calendar. Nose: vanilla, citrus. Palate: mild sweetness, metallic, pecan pie. Not sure about this one...not a fan of the metallic taste