Rich gold color, perhaps a little red tint. Nice fingers on the glass but it doesn’t have a thick or oily mouth feel. Nose reminds me of lemon and olive. Initially sharp with a little burn on the tongue, but it dies quickly to the center of the tongue, a little sour. The finish is not rich, but there is finally a little peaty sea breeze and a little dusky oak. Others comment on sweetness, but I don’t get that, except a little in the finish. Not a bad pour, distinctive and unusual profile. But it does not present the complexity or depth I recall from other Jurassic I recall.
About this bottle
Jura distiller Willie Tait created this whisky as the first Brooklyn single malt Scotch. It was produced in collaboration with "county of kings" establishments - Bedford Cheese Shop, Brooklyn Winery, The Richardson, Post Office, Fine & Raw, New York City Food Truck Association, BAM, Brooklyn Brewery, Noorman’s Kil, Vimbly, Buttermilk Channel and Brooklyn Magazine - as a way to celebrate "the place where food and drink trends are born." NAS but liquid is aged up to 16 yrs, with a mix of cask treatments: American White Oak Bourbon, Amoroso Sherry and Pinot Noir.
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I sampled an ounce at a local bar and thought that it outplayed the Prophecy - in the opinion of my taste buds, of course. I'd consider purchasing a bottle so that I could sit down and spend some more time investigating its flavour profile. I found it to be surprisingly layered (especially after reading reviews)... Light peat smoke and sweetness came off as a candied bacon, and I would receive some subtle toffee / espresso notes as it developed and on the finish. [2016-12-13] [$10 at The Marquis]
Not too bad, but really nothing too interesting either. Just not really worth its cost. Can get much better for much less. In a way---just too many conflicting flavors happening at the same time, with really no one single stand out flavor
like tar and burnt leather..in a bad way. I've not been to Brooklyn but this is what I imagine an alley there would taste like.
Not the old, oily Jura I remember, but a nice, slightly sweet yet peaty dram. Pleasant and an easy drinker
Slightly peated but overall the experience feels peated - broad spectrum of peat, salt and smoke.
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