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| Hello, that is one among our (virtually) every day tastings. Santé! |
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June 29, 2022
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Just a little bag of American ryes
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As typically with random baggage, you are by no means fairly positive about what is going on to come back out. Let’s examine…
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Basil Hayden 8 yo (40%, OB, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky, +/-2021) 
We final tried this properly packaged however most likely a bit of under-powered bourbon seven years in the past and relatively favored it (WF 82). Color: gold. Nostril: relatively on heat sawdust, vanillin, candied oranges, a bit of butterscotch, tiny whiffs of recent putty, then this barely cologne-y, violety elements which will have include the rye, and a few mushy, beautiful notes of recent panettone. All that’s mild however mucho nice. Mouth: mild certainly, however the ryeness is within the entrance, with violet candies, this very nice form of soapiness, some liquorice, genever, then touches of bananas flambéed (flambéed au rye whisky!) in addition to curaçao and vanilla. Wee varnishy contact, then sawdust once more. End: not quick, a bit of perfumy, varnishy, with some fruit essences, possibly pears, actually bananas. Liquorice and violet sweets within the aftertaste. Feedback: clearly a stable 83 in my e-book. Every part goes up as of late.
SGP:630 – 83 factors. |
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Filibuster ‘Twin Cask’ (45%, OB, Straight Rye, USA, +/-2021)
A straight rye from Washington D.C. that is been completed in French oak seasoned with chardonnay. It does not say whether or not that chardonnay was French as nicely. As you guess it, it can’t be ‘straight bourbon’ and that is not as a result of it is from D.C. Color: deep gold. Nostril: there’s extra recent oak than within the Basil, extra cinnamon and nutmeg for positive, ginger paste, some relatively astonishing whiffs of yuzu (may that be the chardonnay?) then a rising perfumy ryeness merely resulting in N°4711. And to a big loaf of recent rye bread. Mouth: begins a tad bitter, with a number of clove and juniper, artichoke cordial, then varnish, then angelica and bitterish roots, plus liquorice wooden, all that drizzled with corn syrup and powerful honey, reminiscent of oak honey. Yep. End: relatively lengthy, nonetheless a tad varnishy however that is nice on this context. Extra oak honey within the aftertaste, in addition to chestnut. I imply chestnut honey. Feedback: feels a tad ‘boosted’ due to the spicy French oak, however actually just like the uncooked energy right here. Iggy Pop’s?
SGP:661 – 83 factors. |
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Catoctin Creek ‘Roundstone Rye’ (40%, OB, +/-2020) 
We’re in Virginia this time. I’ve to say I have not had a lot luck with the few higher-ranked Catoctins I’ve already tried, however somebody stated that bliss lies in easy issues. Can not seem to bear in mind who stated that. Color: gold. Nostril: nice, relatively on ice wine and maple syrup, plus vanilla and simply perfumy rye, in addition to a relatively massive amount of warmish sawdust. Easy, not disagreeable. Mouth: fruity and perfumy. A mix of rhubarb, lavender, banana and pear syrups, plus as soon as once more relatively a number of cinnamon and sawdust. Gentle physique. End: medium, primarily on peppery sawdust. Perhaps not the nicest half. Liquorice allsorts and maple syrup within the aftertaste. Feedback: good however lighter our bodies reminiscent of this one are having a bit of bother dealing with and heavier oakiness. However yeah, I discover it good.
SGP:540 – 78 factors. |
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Koval ‘Rye Maple Syrup Cask’ (50%, OB, for Kirsch Import, cask #5690, 2021) 
We’re in Chicago this time, however will this one actually be for Michael Kenyon a.ok.a. the Illinois Enema Bandit? (that is one other reasonably refined reference to Frank Zappa, in case you are not 50+) Maple syrup, proper… Color: amber with orangey hues. Nostril: nicely, we have a tendency to seek out maple syrup in spirits that don’t truly comprise any, so you could possibly nicely think about that we’ll discover so much on this one. Which is the case. All the remaining is conventional younger rye, with some caramel, cologne, violet and lavender, rye bread, and maybe some manuka honey. With water: sameish, fairly meady. Pumpernickel and blueberry jelly, drop of prosecco. Mouth (neat): a sweeter rye, that is all, with some espresso liqueur too. Just a little too candy for me, I’ve to say, questioning whether or not this would not qualify as a liqueur. Higher not ask our administration. With water: I prefer it a bit of higher, however I am nonetheless making an attempt to grasp the thought behind this maple syrup thingy. End: for the document. Feedback: fan of Koval and fan of Kirsch Import, however reasonably so this time.
SGP:630 – 75 factors. |
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Sufficient rye (and but we love rye).
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David Nicholson ‘1843’ (50%, OB, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, +/-2021) 
I feel it’s a first at Whiskyfun Citadel. Color: gold. Nostril: a mushy bourbon, on vanilla, toasted oak, toasted bread, contact of liquorice, some fudge and caramel, a bit of rooibos tea, that is it. With water: a wee earthiness, in any other case some mushy, simple bourbon. Straightforward on the nostril… Mouth (neat): feels fairly younger given the classic. Think about, 1843! Bear in mind, in advertising you by no means discuss to the mind, you discuss to the center. So , easy, nice bourbon that goes down with no fuss. Candy liquorice and varied sweets. With water: actually nice, a tad spicier. Caraway bread, tiny contact of curry, on vanilla fudge and corn honey (which is not correct honey!) End: a bit of quick. Maybe extra wheat than rye. Feedback: no quibble bourbon, of excellent high quality. In my humble opinion, as at all times.
SGP:640 – 80 factors. |
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Heaven Hill 12 yo (46%, Cadenhead, Unique Assortment, American Bourbon, +/-2022)
It is good that these very distinguished folks at Cadenhead’s would have made it clear that this was ex-bourbon barrel. You by no means know… Color: straw. Nostril: it is virtually as if this was matured in recent oak for under two or three years after which re-racked in refill. Smooth vanillas, brioches and sponge desserts, barley syrup (sure), nougat and popcorn, maybe tangerines… Mouth: tremendous good! Extra grasses and herbs, even mosses, inexperienced spices, citrus peel… Unsure all that may be very ‘bourbon’, however I actually like this improvement. Goes in the direction of cinnamon and mushy peppers then, which was extra anticipated, naturally. End: relatively lengthy, a tad oakier. Good inexperienced fruits, inexperienced plums, rhubarb… Feedback: a bourbon that is gone a bit of in the direction of Scotch, you could possibly virtually name it a malty bourbon.
SGP:551 – 84 factors. |
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Proper, a final one, let’s make it one.
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Pappy Van Winkle’s 20 yo ‘Household Reserve’ (45.2%, OB, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey) 
I am unable to inform when this one was bottled, most likely not too way back. I’d have a tendency to seek out these Pappies ‘glorious, not nice’. Color: reddish amber. Nostril: whiffs of stewed redcurrants and rhubarb at first, which is clearly very good, recent and splendidly nose-tickling, then cedarwood and incense, then the all-expected vanillas, toffees, coconut wines and varnishes. Humorous nostril that goes from the distinctive to the virtually mundane. Mouth: no denying, this begins very nicely, virtually ‘fruity’, but it surely’s getting dry, an excessive amount of on espresso dregs and bitter chocolate for me. Biting heavy-toasted oak chips. Nicer sourness within the background, may very well be that the redcurrants are again. End: ambivalent. Good marmalades and bitter oaks and black tobacco and tea. Some biting old-school Ténarèze within the aftertaste – not joking! Feedback: appears to be like like these Pappies range so much.
SGP:561 – 86 factors. |
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Many extra American whiskeys quickly! No, wait, a really final one…
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Griffo ‘Stout Barreled’ (45%, OB, Batch #6, +/-2021) 
We’re at Griffo Distillery in Sonoma County, California this time. One other first, I feel. We have had fairly just a few nice whiskies from Sonoma County (and some wines). This one’s been completed in ex-Lagunitas stouts, how very Californian certainly – we’re speaking ‘previous’ Lagunitas, after we have been solely discovering them on the West Coast, Lagunitas having now been a lot industrialised and globalised, so far as I can inform (as I do know extra about Russian lunar modules than about beer). Color: deep reddish amber. Nostril: hurray! That is too unbalanced, too spicy, too earthy, too oaky, an excessive amount of on the moistest pumpernickels… However it’s admirable. I am keen on these whiffs of Timut pepper that uncommon slowly popping out, along with ganaches and gingerbreads. California, once more. Mouth (neat): not very whisky-like, however distinctive. Gorgeous goodies of every kind, nicely that is virtually chocolate eau-de-vie. Very spectacular. Will we get the stout? I suppose we do, however I’d say have been ingesting 50cl of stout per yr, so we’re hardly consultants. With water (not that it is wanted): extra chocolate, marmalade, Szechuan pepper, pink grapefruit sherbet. End: goes on with the identical flavours. Solely the aftertaste is a bit of disappointing, a bit of too drying. Feedback: completely trendy, however higher correct trendy whiskies than NFT malts and decanters for the metaverse. This little Griffo is as good because the Iso ‘Grifo’, a beautiful Italian sportscar from the Sixties with a boosted Chevrolet V8. See, the American, once more.
SGP:661 – 88 factors. |
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Griffo, winner! PS: I do know, these weren’t all ryes.
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