Distiller Notes
Courage & Conviction Sherry Cask is an American Single Malt whisky distilled, matured, and bottled on-site at their distillery in Lovingston, Virginia. Aged a minimum of three years, this 100% malted barley whisky is matured in former Spanish Sherry casks.This whisky showcases its natural color and is not chill filtered. Courage & Conviction Sherry Cask is bottled in batches to highlight the nuance of each contributing barrel.On the nose, you’ll pick up scents of honeycomb, apricot, bright lemon, and sugared almonds. On the palate, a silky mouthfeel melds together flavors of hazelnut, soft leather, and toffee. The finish is a slow fade of soft caramel and baking spice.
Professional Ratings
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Whisky Advocate
Even amid the deeper complexity of the sherry cask influence, the tropicality comes through—lemon grove and Spanish melon, set against a backdrop of dried leaves, forest floor, and pine wood. Elegant and honeyed on the palate, with the sherry cask influence showing a winey note, banana flan, apricot, milk chocolate, orange tart, and vanilla cream. A long smooth finish brings forth baking spice, sugared lemon, banana, honeysuckle, caramel, and savory oak. Impressive.
A popular favorite among emerging niche categories of American Whiskies, American Single Malts now compete with the best from Scotland, Ireland and Japan. American Single Malt Whiskeys must be mashed, distilled and matured at a single distillery and made entirely from malted barley. There are well over one hundred distillers producing a variety of high-quality American Single Malt Whiskeys.