Sonoma Distilling Co.West of Kentucky Bourbon WhiskeyNo.
$46.99
95 Proof
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.
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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