Last year, I started my own awards, of sorts, with Barrell Craft Spirits 15-year-old winning it all. For a decade, I’ve been a whiskey critic working with magazines and competitions, and I follow their guidelines. After all, I am about giving every glass its fair shot.īut the greatest American whiskeys I’ve ever tasted dance on the tongue with a tapestry of fine, delectable notes sticking around long after the liquid is swallowed.īefore I get too far into my love affair with Y and some worthy foes to its eventual crown, let me tell you why I am doing this. When I first put Y upon my lips, I sort of kept these thoughts to myself (I live streamed the tasting), because I didn’t want to end the tasting then and there. It was so complex, so velvety, with a finish that just didn’t quit. The moment I tasted glass “Y” in my blind taste off I knew that it was in my Top 5 and most likely my No. In blind tastings, sometimes you taste something so amazing it can shock your palate to only want that flavor, that mouthfeel and finish. And I’ll be damned if during the Kentucky Bourbon flight, a finish so strong didn’t jump up, punch me in the face and steal my lunch money that it nearly ruined the rest of the taste off.
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