Lately, famed California counties Napa and Sonoma aren’t only for wine—they’re brimming with unbelievable whiskeys, too. When heading north of San Francisco, it’s properly price your time to go to a distillery, particularly if it grants you the chance to style any one of many whiskeys listed beneath.
Discover California Wine Nation By way of These Whiskeys
Sonoma Distilling Co. Cherrywood Rye
92 factors, 47.8%, $50
A wealthy, full of life palate loaded with purple fruit, cinnamon spice, melted brown sugar, chocolate, and white pepper.
Savage & Cooke Second Look American
91 factors, 44%, $40
Completed in wine barrels from winemaker (and distillery proprietor) Dave Phinney, this gives clove-studded orange, rye spice, and lemon.
Redwood Empire Misplaced Monarch Mix of Straights
90 factors, 45%, $43
Orange blossom, iced tea, darkish berries, and leather-based on the nostril, adopted by fruit and spice on the palate—orange, cherry, cedar, and cinnamon.
Alley 6 Rye
89 factors, 43%, $50
Spice, recent rye grain, recent purple apple, raspberry jam, darkish chocolate, white pepper; beneficiant spice however no burn.
Charbay R5 Hop Flavored (Lot No. 5)
88 factors, 49.5%, $60
Distilled from Racer 5 IPA; citrusy at first, however offers method to sugary oak, maple syrup, burnt brown sugar, and roasted malt.
Spirit Works Distillery Rye
88 factors, 45%, $50
Candy orange slices, purple fruits, vanilla maltiness, melted caramel, grain, root beer, and marzipan. An excellent steadiness of fruit and spice.
Prohibition Spirits Hooker’s Home Bourbon
86 factors, 50%, $49
Completed in pinot noir barrels; new leather-based, fragrant oak, purple berries, and pepper.
