What's up everybody and welcome to another episode of the Oak and Smoke whiskey reviews. My name is Brent. If you are a subscriber, I want to thank you so much for your support. If you're not a subscriber and you're into whiskey and whiskey type related stuff, please consider hitting that subscribe button with the notification bell. That way you'll be notified of new uploads and live streams. Today I'm going to be reviewing the Glen Fittich 14-year Bourbon Barrel Reserve Single Malt Scotch whiskey. The Glen Fittich Bourbon Barrel Reserve is a 14-year-old release exclusively for the US market. This single malt Scotch whiskey is aged 14 years in ex-Burbon American Oak Cask and then finished in charred new American Oak barrels that are supplied by Kelvin Cooperage in Louisville, Kentucky. The Glen Fittich 14-year Bourbon Cask Reserve is a space-side single malt Scotch whiskey with a 14-year age statement. It is distilled in pot steels from 100% malt and barley and it's a 43% ABV 86 proof of the MSRP of around $50. Let's check out the bottle for a second. Alright, the bottling on this one guys is your typical Glen Fittich bottling except they've changed up the labeling it is blue and that is giving homage to Kentucky, the birthplace of Bourbon. They actually the cylinder also right here is blue pretty much your typical Glen Fittich bottling in the cylinder. They just changed up the color and of course it has the 14-year age statement on it. Now this is a not a limited release. It will be on the shelves regularly in America but it is released only in the US but they are going to keep it on the shelves in the US. It's going to become part of the US core lineup. Now as far as the bottling goes it is once again the typical Glen Fittich bottling the core is synthetic. It has a synthetic core a plastic top on the bottle and it has that classic signature Glen Fittich shape to the bottle the triangle shape which fits the hand nicely. Right down here you have the 14-year age statement. Pretty cool bottling and package. I love what Glen Fittich is doing with her packaging. Pretty cool stuff. With that being said let's get into the color nose and taste of this whiskey. Let's check out the color. The color on this one guys is a nice golden amber color. Got a nice color to it. I say a lot of that do in part. If you were to put this side by side with the 12-year Glen Fittich it would definitely a lot darker and I don't think the two years would add that much color to the whiskey. So you can definitely see the influence of the new charred oak barrels. American oak barrels that they finished this in. Got a nice color to it. I am going to coat the sides of the glass just to see how oily and viscous the whiskey is. And as you can see it's definitely got a nice viscosity to it. Nice oily whiskey. It's coated in the glass very nicely. Not super thick, slow running legs but the legs are, it's got nice legs it coated the glass nicely. Nice viscosity on the whiskey, nice color. That being said let's get into the nose. Right away in the nose I'm getting a fruity aspect. It is very approachable but not light. It is rich and creamy, it's a creamy sense to it. Definitely getting some freshly cut pears and apples. I think it's a citrus like an orange peel. Definitely vanilla and burnt sugars also. It does have a very nice charred oaky or toasted oak note on the nose. Definitely the finishing when they finished in the new American charred oak barrels is definitely coming through on the nose. It's not coming through heavily or over balanced. The fruity aspect and the burnt sugars and the oak note. It's very well balanced and very approachable but not light. It's a very nice and vibrant nose. The fruity aspect is like freshly cut pears and apples. A little bit of vanilla, maybe a little caramel in there also. A hint of citrus like an orange peel. And some burnt sugars in that nice like toasted charred oak note. Very nice and approachable nose. It's not super complex but interesting. Once again on the nose you're getting freshly cut fruits, apples and pears. You're also getting a hint of citrus like an orange peel. And there's a little bit of caramel and burnt sugars in a nice like toasted oak note on the nose. Let's get into the taste. Cheers. Nice silky, velvety mouthful. Finish the castel going. Definitely middle of the roll to long. I dig a little hint of vanilla and citrus on the first sip. But it's finishing off in like a nice barrel spice charred oak note on the first sip. Very nice first sip, nice silky and creamy mouthful. Not super viscous but has a very nice mouthful. What's going on for another sip guys? Cheers. Front of the palate you are picking up a little bit of that fruity apple or pear note that we get on the nose. Mid-pound it's picking up citrus zest and vanilla. Peppery and nice. Like burnt sugars, barrel spice, peppery, charred oak note on the finish. Very nice first sip. It did maintain that silky and creamy mouthful. Very nice second sip. Let's go in for a third. Cheers. Front of the palate definitely apples and pears. You are picking up a little bit of hint of vanilla but it's almost overtooking by the citrus zest and barrel spice mid-palette. On the finish you are getting some sweetness that vanilla and burnt sugars are popping back up. But it's finishing off in that nice toasted oak or charred oak note. It's a little bit of vanilla wrapped in there. Very nice third sip. It has maintained that velvety, creamy mouthful. And I would say the finish is still lingering a little bit. It's definitely leaning towards the long side of things on the finish. Not a super complex sip but definitely a very approachable and nice pour. Let's get into my final thoughts. My final thoughts on the Gluinfidditch 14 year bourbon bear reserve. Guys I really enjoy this pour. It's got a 14 year age statement, 86% per 43% ABV and if you are a bourbon drinker that is interested in getting into single malt scotch whiskey, I think this will be not standing introductory to single malt scotch whiskey for bourbon drinker. With that being said I'm going to wrap this up. I thank you so much for watching. If you are a subscriber, once again I want to thank you for your support. If you're not a subscriber, hey subscribe. Until next time guys, cheers.