The unique Colkegan Single Malt Whiskey is finest identified for the New Mexico-based distiller’s use of mesquite to dry the barley, which imparts a daring, distinctively American smokiness to the ultimate product. As we speak we are attempting one thing fairly completely different from Colkegan, an unsmoked American single malt. As with the sooner launch, this whiskey was additionally double-distilled in a pot nonetheless, however no mesquite was used to dry the barley. The unsmoked distillate was aged for roughly 4 years in a mixture of new American White Oak and ex-bourbon barrels, which differs from the mesquite smoked whiskey, which is aged solely in ex-bourbon barrels. Let’s give it a attempt.
The nostril is mild and evenly candy with gratifying notes of brown sugar, recent grass, vanilla, cereal grain, and a contact of bubble gum. If I didn’t comprehend it was an American single malt, I may need guessed it was a Lowland scotch. The palate is bolder than the nostril and truly makes me consider Highland scotch, exhibiting effectively built-in notes of vanilla custard, ginger, toasted walnuts, pear, cereal grain, and a contact of pepper. The whiskey has a creamy mouthfeel as effectively, and the end is pretty lengthy. I’m fairly having fun with this whiskey, and I anticipate it’s going to significantly attraction to Scotch followers trying to department out into American single malts. For some time it was solely accessible on the distillery, however now it may be present in a number of western states and is offered on-line for transport to 41 states, which is nice, as a result of this can be a scrumptious whiskey value looking for out.
92 proof. Reviewed: Batch #1
A- / $70 / santafespirits.com
Santa Fe Spirits Colkegan Unsmoked Single Malt Whiskey
$70
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