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, crazy mash bills (100% malted rye!), and wild aging concepts (spiral cut barrels!). Distillery Whiskey Type: Straight Rye Whiskey Finished in Toasted Barrels Mash Bill Percentages: 95% rye, 5% malted Patiently revisiting I find more anise tones, black cumin, black pepper, and faint salted caramel brittle The finish is long with hints cardamom, caraway seed, rising dough, and vanilla bean ice cream melting taste this when it was first being vatted in the blending tanks while I was onsite selecting the first single

hobby, alongside adult coloring books, I had started during lockdown: exploring the wonderful world of American that was when a stranger's simple and easy recommendation further solidified my growing obsession with American Swirling reveals melted caramel, and an overflowing dish of mixed summer berries sprinkled generously while the complexities of this pour are anything but, the clear presence of those classic bourbon notes mingling

way to release some of their rarest and strangest stocks, the 10th and final bottling showcases a mingling Wild Turkey Master's Keep Beacon is a celebration of the past, that shines light on the future of the American KY Whiskey Type:  Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages:  75% corn, 13% rye, 12% malted

Undisclosed Indiana rye mash bill Proof:  132° Age:  11 years Further identification:  This is Fresco , single with lemon custard cake, silky peach flambé, and vanilla bean pound cake—my heart and mind immediately melt completion to the pour before the empty glass reveals notes of lemon tea, potpourri, vintage whiskey, and American

The basic premise of this bottle is that they take their sour mash American whiskey and further mature Bottled by Michter's Distillery LLC, Louisville, Kentucky Whiskey Type:  Kentucky sour mash whiskey (American The finish has one flicker of salted edamame before vanishing for good. whole concept of toasted barrel is writ large a good one, with countless fans of the category that will sing

standard—to the spectacular, you can find unique grains, solera blending, infusions, barrel finishes, and malt considered a bottled in bond bourbon, all the barrels that went into the blend have to have been filled in a single Chattanooga team blended a wide selection of bourbon mash bills, each comprised of at least 25% specialty malted grains, a nod to their Tennessee high malt style we mentioned before.

I love to see some of their high aged barrels going to a blend when traditionally they do a lot of single and E mash bills; if we assume equal parts of each mash bill were used (B being 60% Corn, 35% Rye, 5% Malted Barley & E being 75% Corn, 20% Rye, 5% Malted Barley) we would arrive at something like 67.5% Corn, 27.5% Rye, and 5% Malted Barley Proof: 114.2° Age: NAS on the bottle (but it is listed as a blend of Tingling lemon peel, vanilla frosting and cardamom greet me in a delightfully exuberant wave of aroma

releases that use this strategy, and the whiskey world is going crazy for some of Rare Character's single Does it sing or fall in line? Whiskey Type: Blended Straight Rye Whiskeys Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed proportions of 95% rye, 5% malted barley from MGP and 80% rye, 20% malted rye from High West distillery Proof: 98.6° Age: NAS Further The empty glass smells like craft whiskey funk, salt water and concrete.

These Barrell single barrel picks have been discussed rather thoroughly in MA circles. in a raffle in 2020 A 1792 Full Proof store pick from Julio's (The Loch & K(e)y Society) A Barrell Single Barrel 7 year bourbon pick from Gordon's, barrel # Z1D7 A Barrell Single Barrel 7 year bourbon pick Still kind of chalky at times, but turning more malty late in the glass. Apples. There's a bit too much malt here for me.

It definitely feels like a single barrel - I find no telltale sign like a flip-flop of flavors that suggests Final Guess: Old Elk Wheat Whiskey, 114.5 proof, aged 6 years (MGP distillate, 95% wheat / 5% malted barley) Reveal: Mayor Pingree Single Barrel Seelbach's Pick, 121.2 proof, aged 6 years Close!

Company on Label: Willett Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: 79% Corn, 7% Rye, 14% Malted Barley Proof: 134° Age: 8 years Further identification: This is the High Corn single barrel from the New Hampshire There's smoky malt, dark walnut, leather and then suddenly the fruit show up.

spirals, a tight-grain wood that is known for aging whiskey a little differently than the looser-grain American Company on Label:  Thirteenth Colony Distilleries, LLC Americus, GA Whiskey Type:  Rye whiskey distilled in IN Mash Bill Percentages:  95% rye, and 5% malted barley Proof:  95 ° Age:  A blend of 4-6 year barrels