I'm drinking it from a mini beer glass while watching the sunset from Dons cocktail bar in Kona.
It's our first night on the "Big Island" having had four lovely nights in Waikiki on Oahu. My lovely Wife is putting the little one to sleep and I'm having a drink and chilling out at the bar or lounge gazing out across the pacific ocean. I think I said it previously but life is good! The sky is red, the sea is calm, there's a gentle and very pleasant breeze, a luau is going on in the distance to my left and there are a bunch of Tiki torches burning to my right - check out the view!
It's our first night on the "Big Island" having had four lovely nights in Waikiki on Oahu. My lovely Wife is putting the little one to sleep and I'm having a drink and chilling out at the bar or lounge gazing out across the pacific ocean. I think I said it previously but life is good! The sky is red, the sea is calm, there's a gentle and very pleasant breeze, a luau is going on in the distance to my left and there are a bunch of Tiki torches burning to my right - check out the view!
This whiskey is accompanied by a local porter from the Kona brewery which is pretty good.
I've never heard of this whiskey before and the waitress told me it was scotch which it isn't because it's American! Not specifically from the USA but possibly a blend of US and Canadian whiskeys or one of either of the two if that makes any sense. A little online research reveals that this whiskeys origin is slightly unclear and that it's largely drank with mixers - 7 and 7 apparently is a popular drink... why anyone would want to add 7 UP to whiskey is beyond me but to each their own!
There really isn't much on the nose at all, I got a faint whiff of something bourbony at the start, there's something faintly sweet about it all but nothing much else.
It's hard to talk about the color in the light but really who cares the setting is beautiful and well it has a gold brown sort appearance which is fine.
Unsurprisingly it's a hot evening in Hawaii!
This whiskey is smooth, has a pleasant mouth feel which is one of it's most redeeming features.
It's sweet to taste with some wood spice but not too much, fairly mild and muted but quite pleasant to drink given the conditions.
It's sweet to taste with some wood spice but not too much, fairly mild and muted but quite pleasant to drink given the conditions.
There's something a little fruity - cherries I think.
Not sure how easy the little one is going to go to sleep, there's a fair bit of noise - drumming and applause coming off the luau, although it sounds like they may be wrapping things up shortly.
The cherries come in more on the finish with some wood spice but don't hang around for too long but long enough to be enjoyable.
Not a bad whiskey by any means. I can't find anything online from the producers about this whiskey albeit only following a quick search. It was fairly available and cheap too while in Hawaii. I've never seen it here in Australia or noticed it anywhere else for that matter. It's always nice to try something new.
I'm scoring this one 63/100
Cheers
Kev.
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