Hood River Spirits, primarily based in Oregon, has been slowly transferring upmarket with its Pendleton Canadian Whisky model, which we’ve coated at size. Not too long ago it dropped its oldest expression ever, a blended whisky carrying the identify of Administrators’ Reserve and a 20 12 months previous age assertion. (The administrators in query are the heads of Oregon’s annual Pendleton Spherical-Up rodeo.)
Bottled with a rodeo-inspired stopper, velcro-affixed leather-based neck strap, and a weighty decanter, let’s discover out if that is definitely worth the $150 asking worth.
On the nostril, there’s no big surprises. Pendleton is understood for being candy, and the notes of maple syrup and butterscotch listed below are sizable. Large vanilla, massive caramel, cotton sweet — this can be a sugar bomb, although it’s tempered by a layer of oak, courtesy of a fifth of a century spent in cask. The palate doesn’t diverge. Actually, it comes throughout as even sweeter, with notes of vanilla syrup, strawberry soda, and many extra maple to muddle your self in. The end retains the pedal down on sweetness, coming throughout as barely cloying at occasions, though it’s mercifully countered to some extent by toasty oak right here, although not practically to the diploma you’ll discover current on the nostril.
Do I adore it? No. However I do know Pendleton die-hards — and any fan of very candy whisky — will seemingly approve of the message the administrators are promoting. And that message is sugar.
80 proof.
B / $150 / pendletonwhisky.com
Pendleton Administrators’ Reserve Canadian Whisky 20 Years Outdated
$150
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