Tastes

Koenig Distillery sources this 4 yr rye from "North America" and then blends, filters, and cuts it with Idaho mountain water. Not a successful product when I tried it in 2017. Harsh ethanol and raw oak. Maybe it has improved since.

tasted with a piece of ice. 120 proof small batch straight Washington state wheat whiskey aged 3 years. love what this distillery is trying to do. sweet grassy nose. sweet vegital, then leather oak tannin and vanilla, almost to anise flavor in the mouth. quick herbal menthol finish. dont know what other reviewers tasted as "latex" (could have been batch specific), but maybe it was this oaky herbal anise element. beautiful golden color and medium-light body. an unusual wheat whiskey, farm to glass, well worth a taste. hopefully they will start aging their whiskeys more than the 3 to 5 years they release now.

light floral nose. sweet cereal and flowers, even honey, but very light and clean finish. little smoke and subtle wood. very different; unique single malt, not to be compared to peated scotches. worth a taste for the floral nature.