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Finished Whiskey Review: Penelope Rose Cask Batch 5
About: Blend of three MGP mash bills: 45% wheat bourbon – 4YO, 99% corn bourbon- 5YO; and 21% rye bourbon – 5YO
Tasting notes: Remember coming home from school as a kid and getting a fruit roll up? This first taste and smell takes me back to those moments as a kid. Then, a blast of cinnamon, caramel, pepper and buttered Texas toast. This isn’t a perfect whiskey, but all the notes hit just about as good as they can. Finishes on the shorter side of a long finish, but long nonetheless with a lovely hint of cinnamon.
Score: 90
All samples tasted blind 3 times on 3 different days.
| Points | Grade Equivalent | Meaning / Sport Comparisons |
| 100 | Perfect. | This spirit cannot be improved. If a sport, this would be the GOAT. |
| 97-99 | A+ | Greatness in a bottle. Sport = Hall of Fame. |
| 93-96 | A | Top tier. Sport = Pro Bowl / All Star. |
| 90-92 | A- | Cut above the rest. Sport = Everyday starter with flashes of brilliance. |
| 87-89 | B+ | Very good. Sport = Starter. |
| 83-86 | B | Good. Sport = Can become dependable starter. |
| 80-82 | B- | Solid. Sport = Consistent contributor. |
| 77-79 | C+ | Works in a pinch. Sport = talented, but coach wants more. |
| 73-76 | C | Great for cocktails. Sport = Rotating player for starters to rest. |
| 70-72 | C- | Drinkable. Sport = Special teams / 4th middle reliever / pinch hitter called up from minors. |
| 67-69 | D+ | Somebody will like it. Sport = Had a cup of coffee in the bigs, but doesn’t fit your system. |
| 63-66 | D | Struggling to say something positive. Sport = Got an opportunity for tryouts, but didn’t make the team. |
| 60-62 | D- | Hope this isn’t the best they got. Sport = Met with a scout, but didn’t get invited to tryouts. |
| 40-59 | F | Not drinkable. Sport = Mustard-stained T-shirt guy who never played, but annoyingly thinks they knows everything. |
| Below 40 | F- | Possibly poison. Sport = The drunk person at a game who won’t shut up and later picks a fight, but falls over the seat and pees himself. |
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