Virginia’s Copper Fox Distillery continues to innovate and broaden their portfolio. Over the past 12 months or so this small distillery has expanded its single barrel choices whereas exploring ever extra fascinating and weird woods of their finishings. On high of that, for 2022 the distillery launched what it calls the Captain’s Membership, a members solely group of Copper Fox devotees that meet quarterly to discover a few of the distillery’s extra uncommon and extremely restricted choices. We’ll get to these in due time, however till then, we have been despatched over a current single barrel of the distillery’s flagship single malt together with a current “nutty” addition to the core lineup. Let’s test them out!
Copper Fox American Single Malt Single Barrel – Single malt was the primary whisky Copper Fox’s founder, Rick Wasmund, ever made, and it stays the distillery’s flagship providing. Whereas a number of completed single malts have been bottled through the years as single barrels, the distillery solely simply started choosing unique, unfinished barrels for launch. This whisky is constructed from 100% Virginia-grown barley malted with applewood and cherrywood smoke and barreled in ex-bourbon casks with a progressive collection of seasoned new and used applewood and oak chips. The aroma alternates between a savory layer of recent leather-based, olive brine, and campfire smoke and a sweeter dimension that showcases ginger snaps and clover honey. The palate is medium-bodied and spicy with cracked black pepper and a little bit of hickory-smoked bacon. Notes of candied pineapple and grilled peaches add a layer of distinction however don’t overtake the sultry, wood-fired high quality at its core. The lingering end finds a pleasant, warming steadiness of candy and spice with notes of birch beer and cinnamon toast. Barrel AB-427. 96 proof. B+ / $65
Copper Fox Chestnut American Whiskey – Copper Fox continues to push the envelope with their whisky creations, utilizing completely different woods in each their conventional malting course of and their ending. The most recent instance of this is likely one of the most uncommon but. It’s constructed from a mashbill of 64% corn, 27% hand-malted barley, and 9% oats, once more all grown in Virginia. It was aged in ex-bourbon barrels and infused with a proprietary mix of toasted oak and chestnut wooden. On the nostril, this one is mild and candy with heat Snickerdoodle cookies, roasted nuts, and a little bit of maple syrup. The palate is equally light at first with a creamy physique and a buttery sweetness. Notes of nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, and even a little bit of candy potato construct into the midpalate, calling to thoughts the dessert desk at Thanksgiving. The beneficiant end presents a refined heat with lingering notes of sticky toffee pudding and a little bit of pipe smoke. Dangerously straightforward to drink, particularly for many who love a superb serving to of baking spice of their whisky. 96 proof. A- / $50
Copper Fox Single Malt Single Barrel
$65
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