Backbone bourbon uncut single barrel9/3/2023 ![]() ![]() Little Book Chapter 6: “To The Finish” Beam SuntoryĢ022’s Little Book is another masterpiece from Beam’s Master Distiller, Freddie Noe. I keep a bottle in there to use for highballs and shots.ħ. Palate: That fruit becomes more dried and almost salted on the palate while bourbon vanilla and mild caramel sweetness mingle with cinnamon and nutmeg.įinish: The finish is pretty short and sweet with a red berry vibe next to some thin apple cider. Nose: Orchard fruits, butterscotch candies, and vanilla cake greet you on the nose with a hint of wooden spice. The whiskey in these bottles was aged in barrels that are “whiskey-soaked.” Once the whiskey is just right, it’s then blended and small-batch bottled. This expression is labeled as “Unblended,” specifically because it’s made with whiskey only (no grain spirits added). Generally speaking, when you see a whiskey labeled as “blended whiskey” or just “bourbon” (instead of “straight bourbon”), it’s a blend of whiskey with neutral grain spirits to help keep costs down and profits high. Michter’s US*1 Small Batch Unblended American Whiskey Michters There are great whiskeys that fall into this wide-reaching category and I’ve listed them below!ĥ0. That doesn’t mean that just because those whiskeys can’t carry that moniker they’re somehow inferior. Long story short, there’s a ton of great whiskey out there that can’t be called “straight bourbon” or “straight rye” or “American single malt,” legally. This can be anything from a bourbon and rye blend to a wheat whiskey to corn whiskey to a blend of malt, bourbon, rye, wheat, and anything else really, as long as it’s made in the U.S.A.įor this list, I’ve compiled 50 American whiskeys that span everything from corn whiskeys to wheat whiskeys to straight malts, blends, and special mixes of styles. So what are these “ American whiskeys,” exactly? For the most part, when a brand puts “ American whiskey” on their label or a liquor store organizes a bottle onto an “American whiskey” shelf, they’re talking about a range of styles. Below, I’m going to call out 50 great American whiskeys that do not fall into a major category like bourbon, rye, or single malt. But there’s so much more to the American whiskey scene than just bourbon, rye, and single malt. When it comes to bourbon, rye, and American single malt, there are laws that allow those whiskeys to be called what they are. American whiskey is a broad, catch-all category. ![]()
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