Sonoma Distilling Co.West of Kentucky Bourbon WhiskeyNo.
$61
Inclusive of all taxes
Sonoma County Distilling was founded in northern California by San Francisco native Adam Spiegel in 2010.West of Kentucky No.2 is the distillery's sec
ond in a series of annual releases.Like the first, it's made from a mash bill of yellow corn, unmalted rye and cherrywood-smoked barley.It's double-distilled in alembic stills by direct flame, which requires quite the watchful eye.The bourbon is aged in small, new charred oak barrels for over a year before being transferred to used Whiskey barrels for further mellowing.
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Sonoma County Distilling
California
750 ML (Standard)
A wave of weird-but-good flavors greet the tongue, Chocolate.Coffee.A grassiness verging on peat.Banana.Then the 53% ABV burns a layer of skin off of the tongue.After the tears clear, individual notes of green grass, raw sugar cane, and ripe banana dominate.
Big aromas of oily, grassy, farm-distilled Whiskey.You can almost smell the big, clanky, greasy alembic still.Rough, but complex and challenging.As a wheated Whiskey, the aroma skews towards molasses and green grass but there are unusual notes of resin, tobacco, and cocoa nibs.Obviously young, but characterful and interesting.
A bit muddy, Dry, Oaky tannins dry the walls of the mouth.
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