Color: Golden amber.
Nose: Cream soda, honeysuckle, vanilla, and light smoke.
Flavor: Light smoke, slight salt, cream, and wet ash.
Finish: Salt, ash, relatively short lived, mildly astringent, and honey.
Short Comment: Seductive nose, but a bit disappointingly short on the finish. Easy to drink.
Would you buy it at the listed price? Yes 0, No 10
Group score: 82
2nd Tasting: Highland Park 15; Sullivan's Cove Rare Australian with bourbon maturation - a single cask malt whiskey provided by guest Mark Smith. It was Barrel HH0336; Bottle 223 of 235.
