Town Branch Single Malt

Malt and cereal. If I tasted this blind I would actually think it was a Speyside. Very impressed by this offering. It doesn't have as many floral notes as Balcones Lineage or Stranahan's Blue Peak but I keep coming back to this one more than them. Subsequent sips have brought out molasses and milk chocolate. Would definitely recommend if you can find it and I appreciate the age statement. Updated rating from 3.75 to 4.25: This expression keeps getting better with each bottle I get. I now get tropical notes, like a ripe mango along with all the other tasting notes. I've taken it to multiple functions and converted people that say they don't like whiskey to wanting to get a bottle. It's simply a great whiskey. Cheers!

Tastes like vodka with a slight hint of scotch flavor. Makes me think I'm coming down with a case of COVID. Doesn't taste bad, it just hardly tastes like anything. I suspect Balcones has given me unrealistic expectations for American single malts. Update: a week later, it's unclear if this has gotten a little better or if I'm better, but this has got a little more going on than I gave it credit for. One could perhaps see some similarities to a young Speyside. Bumping up a half point. Still not great, despite a longer age statement than comparable American single malts.

great nose…exceptional compared to a lot of bourbs in this price range. the palate is good– but just okay compared to other single malts i like. the finish is very smooth, almost boring. it’s worth 30 bucks. i’m not mad at it, but won’t buy it again. the notes/flavors described on the bottle are almosr spot on. but keep in mind, i’ve only had one dram of this. maybe it gets a bit better. gonna try it absolutely neat (sans ice ball) tmrw.

Nose: grain, apple, honey, pear, nutmeg Palate: brown sugar, pear, honey, vanilla I grabbed the bottle because I was curious—never had a single malt whiskey that wasn’t a scotch. It tastes very much like Glenvlivet 12 (or any other Speyside for that matter) which is intriguing in itself. Overall, not a bad pick! And not particularly expensive, so certainly worth a try.

Nose: smells a lot like moonshine. Slight hint of aging. Taste: very smooth. despite the nose of moonshine, it has none of the moonshine burn. There is some overall flavor like an un-aged whiskey, but not a corn moonshine. Multiple sips brings out the malt.

I’m getting a strong hint of milf dirty panties, with a little nutmeg and brown sugar. This is a mature bourbon with a slight kick and mild burn like almost getting herpes but not.