Dry Fly Straight Washington Wheat Whiskey

Having biked from BC down to Idaho through Spokane and then the rolling wheat fields of the Palouse, I jumped at the chance to buy a local whisky, more or less, with a most unusual mash bill. It languishes near the bottom of my Distiller list of 40-odd bottles thanks to its modest expert rating, but I like it a lot. Then again, I love buttered honey toast, so that’s not surprising. Sure it’s a bit one-dimensional - it’s a single grain American whisky - but what it does, it does well.

Medium body wheat whiskey, nothing overly complex. Cooked sweet cereal, even floral, flavor profile. Creamy, but light enough that it disappears in a cocktail against other strong flavors, so better sipped. Very good if you appreciate it for what it is (a young wheat whiskey) and isnt, and what Dry Fly is building in the Pacific NW. I like this company's approach and look forward to seeing them age their whiskey over 4 years on a regular basis

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