Other American

The three grains used in the whiskey is grown on the farm, though the exact mixture of corn, wheat, and barley used in the whiskey is kept secret. The whiskey is twice distilled using an antique copper pot still. Virginia oak and apple wood chips are left to soak in the whiskey for two months before it is aged in oak barrels for 4 years.

Light citrus, dried fruits, toasted oak and vanilla. Notes of cigar box, sandal wood and some pepper upfront, rich caramel, and citrus. Vanilla and ginger with toasted oak – perhaps a whiff of smoke? Appealing and warm spiciness that slowly fades out on the finish.

The J.W.Kelly Old Milford Straight Bourbon Whiskey is a wonderful caramel color with spicy flavor notes of oak, white pepper, vanilla and English toffee. The unique blend teases your palate with honey, baking spice and nutmeg as well as hints of coffee and fine chocolate. The finish is long with cinnamon, white pepper, barrel char and a slow warming heat. This is an amazing drink that needs nothing added.

Each phase of Legent Bourbon highlights a different one of its components. The bouquet brightly showcases the wine influence, fruity and jammy with grapes and red wine. The palate is where the rich, chewy bourbon character shines through, with caramel, crème brûlée and butterscotch. A long finish then offers up the sherry side, with a bitter streak and peanut shells, along with oak, rye spice, tingly black pepper and vanilla.

This isn’t a bad whiskey but it is a curious one, playing its identity cards close to the chest. This would be a great introductory whiskey for someone dipping their toes in the bourbon pool. It’s also an appropriate suggestion for someone wanting to try something a bit different in the American whiskey realm.

Tincup is one of the gentlest I’ve ever had, which is the antithesis of how we usually consider high-rye spirits. The nose offers vanilla and butterscotch, and as it opens up in the glass, dusty wood notes develop. This all leads into a quiet and surprisingly understated body: apple cinnamon, vanilla caramels and ice cream, and chocolate covered raisins. Curious strawberry notes, something you don’t typically find in bourbon, come along on the finish, which is otherwise silky, moderately sweet (solid caramel notes returning here), and hard not to like.

This peated bottling is a blend of two aged whiskeys distilled at Westland, one was from a peated malt mash and one was from a Washington pale malt mash. The whiskeys were aged a minimum of 2 years in a variety of casks which include heavily charred, new American oak; ex-bourbon barrels, and ex-sherry casks.

Pecans, both the nut and the shell, are found on the bouquet along with sweet creamed corn. There is a decent amount of smoke from the barrel. The palate has more of a dark caramel covered popcorn quality to it along with a moderate amount of wood spices. It is young and perhaps not super complex, but overall it’s pretty, pretty, pretty good….

A delicate fusion of flavors from seventh-generation distillers, this straight bourbon features a handpicked blend of 4- and 7-year-old bourbons, for an exclusive small-batch whiskey that honors its deep family origins.