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Eight years in the past, Legal guidelines Whiskey Home in Denver launched the primary bottled-in-bond whiskey in Colorado. Now on the sixth batch of their 4 Grain Bourbon, this whiskey doubles the obligatory growing older necessities. That’s proper, the 4 Grain Bourbon is matured for eight years! That’s a variety of time in a federally bonded warehouse.
As a result of bottled-in-bond whiskey needs to be distilled by one distiller in a single season, you could find the 4 Grain Bourbon Batch 6 with two dictated labels. #6-S and #6-F for spring or fall. Both method each labels had been distilled in 2013. There should not a variety of whiskeys with a 4 grain mash invoice available on the market. I, myself, love 4 grain mash payments for his or her complexity and depth. At Bardstown World’s Prime Whiskey Taster Finals, I received the mixing spherical of the competitors by utilizing sixty % 4 grain whiskey.
The Legal guidelines Whiskey Home 4 Grain Bonded mash invoice consists of sixty % corn, twenty % heirloom wheat, ten % heirloom rye, and ten % heirloom malted barley. The rye and wheat are grown within the San Luis Valley at Cody Household Farms. The wheat is similar Centennial Wheat selection in their restricted version whiskey, which offers “an abundance of fruit and floral notes.” The rye alternatively offers candy, nutty, and peppery tastes as a result of soil make-up within the valley.
With the heirloom grains, there may be certain to be a variety of taste within the Legal guidelines Whiskey 4 Grain Bourbon Bonded. Let’s see how the additional 4 years of growing older brings them out.
Legal guidelines Bottled in Bond 4 Grain Bourbon (picture by way of Legal guidelines Whiskey Home)
Tasting Notes: Legal guidelines Whiskey Home 4 Grain Bourbon Bonded (Batch 6)
Important Stats: 50% ABV. 100 proof. Bottled-in-Bond. Mash invoice is 60% corn, 20% heirloom wheat, 10% heirloom rye, and 10% heirloom malted barley. 750ml $79.99.
Look: Coppery hazelnut
Nostril: Solely a slight whiff of acetone aggravates the nostrils, nevertheless it disappears rapidly. The whiskey is a mix of fruity, floral, and grassy. Tobacco and oak overlay cinnamon sticks and orange oil. Within the background, there’s a little trace of banana pudding. The center is ample with plum, cardamom, and almond extract, which jogs my memory of my Auntie Kay’s Vinarterta. Close to the tip of the nostril, I’m reminded of a nightcap of Port.
Palate: The grain is pronounced giving a gentle and velvety mouthfeel. There’s a little an excessive amount of hay all through the dram. Whereas there’s a easy sugary sweetness to it, total it’s extra savory. Numerous cinnamon and oak may be discovered, which provides a tannic style.
