Right here’s a extra budget-friendly whiskey providing from the parents behind Michigan’s Fox & Oden. At a said minimal of simply three years outdated, it is a significantly youthful bourbon than that model, but it surely depends on the identical excessive rye, MGP-distilled mashbills. The identify is claimed to be impressed by “generations of American aviators” whereas the squat bottle bears a hanging resemblance to Elmer T. Lee. And that’s about all I’ve bought in the best way of backstory. Let’s give it a go!
At three years outdated, it nearly goes with out saying that this might use a couple of extra years within the barrel. The aroma showcases a bland, cereal sweetness however little of the uncooked corn and sharp oak notes you may anticipate. Nonetheless, vanilla and a delicate trace of oak are about as a lot as might be extracted from the glass. The palate affords up a shocking oiliness, particularly at such a modest proof, with a pleasant warmth and balanced sweetness that helps to offset an unsurprisingly bland, if immensely approachable, profile. Notes of marshmallow fluff, caramel candies, and inexperienced apple provide a bit to chew on earlier than a fast end of delicate spice and oak. It’s actually higher than I anticipated. However there are younger bourbons even cheaper than this that provide a superior consuming expertise.
84 proof.
B / $30 / flyingacespirits.com
Flying Ace Straight Bourbon Whiskey
$30
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