Corsair Triple Smoke
American Single Malt
Corsair // Tennessee, USA
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Based in Tennessee, Corsair is fairly punk rock when it comes to their approach to whiskey. (Well, the kind of punk band that can actually play their instruments and know a good hook!) They are constantly experimenting with alternative techniques and flavor profiles, but with well thought out approaches. In this case, they split malted barley into 3 parts, and smoked each one with a different fuel - cherry wood, peat and beechwood. Then they pot distilled the whole thing and aged it in new, charred oak. So it's like a peated single malt, but from the approach of a younger generation who likes to take things in new directions.
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ageNAS
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abv40.0
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American Single MaltMade in the USA from 100% malted barley. Distilled at one distillery. Matured in oak casks no larger than 700L. Distilled to no higher than 160 proof (80% ABV). Bottled at 80 proof (40% ABV) or higher. (This is the proposed Standard of Identity by the American Single Malt Whiskey Commission.)
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Cask Typenew charred oak
Tasting Notes
"Well, it's smokey (duh!), however the flavors are nicely tempered. The cherry adds a sweet smoke (like BBQ), the beechwood adds a spicy one and the peat adds a hint of rubber (in a good way.) Dark fruits like blackberries, bing cherries and plums waft through the smoke, as do vanilla, spice and pumpernickel bread."
Reviewed by
Amanda Schuster