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Spirit Reviews

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Blue Note Wheated Bourbon Blend ($45)

A lovely, unfiltered, small batch spirit with a mash billof 70% corn, 21% wheat, and 9% malted barley. Crème caramel aromas are vivid and seductive. Peach and tangerine tones surrender willingly to white pepper and Pekoe tea, with a swath of peanut brittle. A most harmonious 101 proof whiskey.

92

Brad’s Rum & Cola Pineapple Blend RTD Cocktail ($2.50)

With a foundation of oak barre-aged rum, this extraordinary canned cocktail is superb chilled, with ice, and even more fun poured in a glass with a wedge of pineapple. The cola offers a fine, nutty spiced which the natural pineapple flavor lingers on the finish. Comes in 12 oz. cans in four packs; 5.9% abv.

92

Bushel Organic Citrus Vodka ($17)

Five times distilled and at 70-proof, lime sings out of the glass, its aroma vivid and powerful. Bouncy on the palate. With lime meringue creaminess and a saline finish. Made from organic American corn.

92

Bushel Organic Double Espresso Vodka ($17)

A beautifully balanced small batch spirit with no apparent heat. Coffee notes are Swiss chocolate-sweet – not cloying – and quite delicious.

96

Bushwood Back 9 Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 11-Year-Old ($130)

Aromas of jasmine, fig, and sweet oak lead to layered notes of orange, chocolate, peanut brittle, and cooked peaches. Delicious: a display of elegance and power. 100 proof.

94

Bushwood Long Ball Wheated Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Bottled in Bond ($70)

Black pepper weaves through soft peach and charred oak. Its weighty mouthfeel depicts a spirit that’s muscular and intense, with tangerine zest and toffee notes tangling with an overproof prowess. 100 proof

93

Bushwood Wheated Bourbon, Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey ($50)

A single-barrel expression aged five years with a powerhouse start. Peach nectar and black pepper perform alongside warming spices and maple pecan, with sweet soil notes. A unique finish, with cedar and orange peel.

92

Duck Club Bourbon “High Brass” 110 Proof ($40)

Packing heat up front, the backdrop of luscious peach and apricot notes is well defined. Notes of cigar box and cedar flex their muscles for a bold experience.