When you’re having fun with The Final of Us on HBO as a lot as I’m, you most likely sit there watching the present, considering on a regular basis, Rattling, this might be a complete lot higher with a show-branded glass of Scotch.
Effectively people, want granted. Moth & Wolf is a limited-edition blended Scotch whisky that was initially developed late final 12 months for the online game The Final of Us Half II. Contemplating how devoted the present is to the sport, one can’t assist however assume this matches in simply as effectively. (The title has some symbolism to parts of the sport, however I’ve by no means performed it, so fill us in for those who can.)
What’s within the bottle, you ask? A mix from the Chivas Brothers, greatest recognized for producing Chivas Regal. The completed whisky is aged in bourbon barrels stuffed in 2013. There’s no formal age assertion, however let’s guess that is round 9 years previous. We obtained a bottle, full with spooky apocalyptic canister. Let’s give it a attempt whereas having fun with some dad jokes, OK?
An instantaneous observe of smoke separates this from commonplace Chivas bottlings. What’s right here is extra brooding, extra punchy, extra, effectively, like cordyceps. Heavy parts of leather-based and (sure) mushroom give the nostril an umami character, virtually soy-like at instances, with a spine of toasted cereal and chimney soot.
Fairly brooding on the palate, the whiskey evokes an extended journey to Kansas Metropolis (or Pittsburgh, I suppose), solely to seek out extra hassle lies forward. Extra smoky/earthy/mushroomy parts lie in wait en path to notes of white pepper, recent wheat bread toast, and only a trace of marmite. Notes of sesame, roasted almonds, and a contact of sea salt maintain issues on the savory tip, although a lightweight contact of brown sugar late within the sport offers a nod towards the extra conventional blended Scotch notes of a recent field of breakfast cereal.
All advised: It’s not one thing I’d sip as a each day dram, I imply, except the mushroom folks take over.
80 proof.
B+ / $54 / digitalspirits.com
“The Final of Us” Moth & Wolf Blended Scotch Whiskey
$54
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