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2026 Wild Turkey Goil Foil 16yr 120.0°

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  2026 Wild Turkey Goil Foil 16yr 120.0°   Nose: Dry fruit with some baking spices.   It tingles the nose a little bit, not with the heat, but tickling of the nose-hair.   It feels rich and sweet, something to be enjoyed at an elegant dinner. Sweetness with a dusty backdrop that reminds me of one being thirsty and looks up at the desert’s sun and the sun’s dust seems to create a blur.   Amid that, there is a spiciness and oakiness intertwined with the sweetness that places me to a rickhouse.   Palate:   An immediate concentrated sweetness – I had a notion of rootbeer float.   The sweetness is deep, ingrained.   The core of sweetness is surrounded by a lot of spice.   The spice numbs the sides of the jaw and perk the cheeks up a little.   The sweetness continues on the second sip and continues building. A notion of being a top of the mountain passes my mind – the air seems to have thinned down and I suddenly was forced to f...

Four Rose 21yr “Anthology” OBSF TN 63-4T 119.0° | July 2026

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      Four Rose 21yr “Anthology” OBSF TN 63-4T 119.0° | July 2026   Nose: Dry Summer Wheat with a swirl of spice.   A concentrated laser of oak that offers the image of a fall oak tree with the leaves turning a little orange.   A very captivating and intoxicating sense of sweetness.   My nose-hair tingles a little towards the end.         Mid-palate:   Liquor front that transition to mature oak - similar to KOK’18 and mature items; just not as potent.   The sweetness captivates the oak as if it is a belt that champions the maturity.   Elements of tobacco, hay, leather shows up as you sip more and more.   The sweetness shows up in the front after the third sip and seems to take hold of the midpalate.   Once can imagine the campfire that has the flicker of ember and the popping sound of wood that is burning well into the night – a moment where there isn’t a care of the world; where life feels a to...