Tasting Notes

Producing WhiskyCast has given me the opportunity to taste some really amazing whiskies, and I’m pleased to share my tasting notes with you here. You can search my entire database of tasting notes from this page, and I hope you’ll find it useful.

Cleveland Underground Black Cherry Finish

Country: USA

Region:

Type: Bourbon

Bottler: Cleveland Whiskey

ABV: 47%

Score: 85 Points

Cleveland Underground Black Cherry Finish. Image courtesy Cleveland Whiskey.This comes from the same stable as Cleveland Bourbon, but instead of using oak staves in his proprietary device designed to impart the characteristics of older whiskies to 6-month-old Bourbon, Tom Lix is using different types of woods that don’t make good finishing casks because of their porosity…in this case, Black Cherry.

The nose is light and floral with soft spices, cherry, a hint of ginger, vanilla, and honey. The taste is dry, spicy, and sweet with cinnamon, black cherry, honey, brown sugar, and a hint of orange peel. The finish is medium-length and dry with hints of linseed oil and licorice. Surprisingly drinkable and well-balanced. (April, 2016)