Copperworks American Single Malt (Release No. 035)

Lots of burn not a lot of depth.

Plum, honey

Strong with flavors of grain, smell of pineapple and leather, and sweet with a little bit of salt. It’s ok.

Backstory: I participated in a Distiller W.O.W. (whiskies of the world) Zoom call having received 10 drams of different whiskies, actually 9 as they snuck one rum in with the mix. See my review on Diplomatico Reserva. I am so glad to have been introduced to a rum that put my love of bourbon to the test! This tasting event was a gift for my finance for his 50th so I got each of us a sample box and we joined in the Zoom call together one evening. It was a blast and I am glad we had two boxes as by the time we got to the last few drams my tasting notes got a little suspect as I had a pretty good buzz going! Plus, even with clearing my palette, and sniffing on coffee beans I am sure that my tasting was not as great as it was on those first few drams. We were smart to just share in the first box and save the second back for tasting over a period of a week just to be sure our notes were correct. REVIEW: Appearance: Light amber, leggy Nose: Sugar in the raw, steel cut oats, red delicious apples, graham cracker. Mouthfeel: Tangy, heat from cardamon, cinnamon, ginger. Flavor: Graham cracker as on the nose, sassafras, lemon, baking spices as noted above in mouthfeel, all the flavors and feels of autumn from being around a campfire to drinking fresh apple cider milled at a local festival. Sweetness but not overly so with that graham cracker like flavor that verges on sweet without being too dessert like. Which also makes me think of smores which brings back that campfire feel and there is just the right amount of smoke to support that flavor and feel as well. I am rather enjoying the mash bill on this one! In my notes I wrote: Weird Wild and Wooly I love it - unique and fun. Would buy.

Cedar, vanilla, lemon merengue, grass and cinnamon. Warm caramel, baking spices, wood and cake taste.

Great addition to the Distiller & Whiskies of the World co-hosted event. Reminds me of lemon meringue pie. Unique and enjoyable. @Mollie-Distiller @Elw00t