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#11 Whisky Advocate Top 20 Whiskies of 2023
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This blend of bourbons from Kentucky and Tennessee leads with vanilla pound cake, sweet cream, and breakfast pastries, balanced by some toasted oak and earthy over-steeped tea. With each sip, it shows evolution. The sweet, vanilla-led notes continue on the palate, but grow in nuttiness and fruitiness, adding peanut butter and jelly, berry compote, and baking spice. While the whiskey leads with sweetness, it’s well balanced and offsets the sweet with tannic oak and black tea with milk.
Capturing a broad range in one category, American Whiskey refers to any spirit made in America by distilling a mash of fermented grains—typically corn, wheat, rye or barley. American Whiskey must be distilled to no more than 95% alcohol and bottled at 40% or higher. In order to be labeled a straight Whiskey, it also must be aged in white oak barrels for a minimum of two years and not contain any added colors or flavors.
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