Spring is lastly upon us, and with the brand new (hopefully hotter) climate comes a complete host of recent releases within the American whiskey and bourbon class.
This week’s new releases embrace a Mizunara end from Barrel Craft Spirits, Basil Hayden brings again its well-liked Refined Smoke expression, and George Dickel releases a 12 12 months Previous Bottled-In-Bond expression.
Basil Hayden Refined Smoke
Basil Hayden, a whiskey model owned by Jim Beam, has delighted bourbon followers by bringing again its well-liked Refined Smoke expression.
The whiskey was first launched in 2022 and subsequently “racked up $1.9M in Nielsen Gross sales in its first six months on shelf,” based on Basil Hayden.
The Basil Hayden Refined Smoke bourbon is distilled from the model’s signature high-rye mash invoice and matured in American white oak, earlier than being aged for six weeks inside toasted and evenly charred barrels. These barrels are pumped with “a particular smoke that was produced from the fragile ignition of hickory smoked chips.”
The result’s a easy spirit with a delicate, however not overpowering, trace of smoke. The tasting notes for the bourbon function “mellow smoke with a touch of vanilla” on the nostril. The palate is “tender char with gentle sweetness harking back to caramel and apple”, resulting in a “crisp but delicate smokiness with gentle toasted hickory wooden.”
Basil Hayden Refined Smoke (40% ABV) will probably be obtainable for a restricted time solely from wine and spirits retailers throughout the US, with an RRP of $49.99. Click here to discover a bottle close to you.
Barrell Craft Spirits Cask End Sequence: Mizunara
Barrell Craft Spirits, which lately launched within the UK, has expanded its Cask End Sequence with the discharge of a brand new Mizunara completed bourbon.
The bourbon is a mix of whiskeys from three completely different states and with various age statements:
- Indiana – 6, 7, & 9 years outdated
- Kentucky – 8 years outdated
- Tennessee – 8 & 14 years outdated.
Based on Barrell Craft Spirits, the derived mash invoice is comprised of 76% corn, 20% rye, and 4% malted barley.
The whiskeys had been married collectively earlier than being completed in Mizunara casks for one and a hald years. Mizunara is a species of oak native to Japan. The wooden is notoriously uncommon and troublesome to work with, however yields incredible outcomes together with distinctive notes of sandalwood and Japanese incense when used for whiskey maturation.
The Mizunara cask end was bottled at 115.2 proof (cask power).
On the nostril count on aromas of “strawberry, golden raisin, amontillado sherry, and a contact of sawdust. Then sweeter notes of honey, vanilla, sugar cookie, and white peach seem, adopted by cocoa, cherry, oiled leather-based, toasted corn, and palo santo.”
The palate is outlined by “herbaceous notes of lemongrass, star anise, and peppermint hanging first. Honey, candy cornbread, and dates seem adopted by galangal and a woodsy observe.”
The Barrell Craft Spirits Cask End Sequence: Mizunara is obtainable on the model’s web site for an RRP of $84.99.
George Dickel Bottled-In-Bond 12 12 months Previous
George Dickel has expanded its award-winning Bottled-In-Bond sequence with the discharge of a 12 12 months Previous. The fifth launch within the sequence was distilled in Spring 2011 from a mash invoice of 84% corn, 8% rye, and eight% malted barley. The whiskey was charcoal-mellowed earlier than being bottled at 100 proof at 12 years outdated.
Tasting notes for this new launch function “notes of overripe cherries, macadamia nut cookies and toasted oak.”
The George Dickel Bottled-In-Bond 12 12 months Previous actually impressed the judges at this 12 months’s San Francisco World Spirits Competitors, wherein the expression gained a Double Gold medal.
Nicole Austin, Director of George Dickel & Luxurious Whiskey stated: “One thing that makes this sequence so particular is that whisky followers have the uncommon alternative to attempt expertly crafted bottled in bond choices at an ideal value,” stated Austin. “If you happen to’re a fan of the class, you understand the designation requires the liquid to be from only one distillation season, amongst different rules. Our bottled in bond choices are a testomony to the standard of our stock and the dedication at Cascade Hole to constantly produce excellent whisky. I can’t await each outdated and new followers of the sequence to attempt it!”
George Dickel Bottled-In-Bond 12 12 months Previous is obtainable from retailers throughout the US for an RRP of $44.99.
