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Hooten Young 12 Year American Whiskey (Batch No. 1)
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TheWhiskeyJug
Reviewed August 11, 2021 (edited December 2, 2022)NOSE Spirity and cloying with notes of orchard fruit, banana, vanilla custard, spice, creamy citrus and a heavy butterscotch that reminds me a bit of Canadian Whisky. This reminds me a lot of that High West 14 Years Light Whiskey. It’s light, topical, and hits some weirdly cloying sweet notes while being spirity. PALATE Spirity vanilla, cloying butterscotch (Canadian-like), orchard fruit, banana taffy, vanilla custard, spice and some creamy citrus hints. Wow, that Canadian butterscotch note is so heavy on the Hooten Young Whiskey 12 Years’ palate. I keep thinking of Black Velvet mixed with that High West… FINISH Med-short -> Canadian whisky butterscotch and baking spice fade to a banana taffy and woody profile. -
titaniumgears
Reviewed July 18, 2021 (edited December 2, 2022)High corn. Sweet. Complex. Doctor pepper. Moderate heat. Good up front and finish. There is a dissonant note in the middle palate. Frustrating. Is a chemical taste that then becomes part of the after taste. It would have been above 4 if that taste wasn’t there. With that chemical taste it’s a 3. -
ostrohm
Reviewed July 9, 2021 (edited December 2, 2022)Very smooth, strong vanilla smell.70.0 USD per Bottle -
BeppeCovfefe
Reviewed June 21, 2021 (edited December 2, 2022)Nose: Rich honey dew sweetness, as it opens up you get some buttered corn with the grain alcohol ethyl being notable, just a tinge of a lime note, perhaps some of the barrel tannin creeping in. Front: this is salted butter corn on a Dickel level, it is after all, a 99% corn mash, as we get to the back of the mouth, the lime note kicks in, not sure what MGP is using for barrel wood here, it almost has a walnut aspect. The very salty butter corn stays in play through the finish, vanilla and dark sugars are extremely light but detectable. All of that high salt butter and base tartness of lime make for an interesting if extremely unusual profile. MGP know's what they are doing, no question, but that 1% malt means some chemical reagents are needed to get the fermentation complete(as any Fred Noe student can tell you). Can't help but wonder if some of the odd flavor angles are a product of added chemicals. Hooten & Young are another Service Veterans co startup, in the vein of Star vodka and Leadslingers, however they are at least attempting something respectable by going out and procuring 12 year old MGP juice, I'm just not sure what MGP was thinking aging a pure corn to that length. That aging does make this a pleasantly sipable whiskey in an old fashioned corn lighting style, but not one that will rock your world the way an Old Fitz or BTAC bottle can. A decently executed startup even if perhaps a bit lacking in vision. Cheers! -
Michaeldrinksbourb24
Reviewed April 29, 2021 (edited December 2, 2022)Goody goody twisted my arm to pick this up with my old soul single barrel. It’s good. Definitely complicated, and fresh to me considering it’s not a true bourbon. The story intrigues me. Distilled by MGP, aged 12 years, then produced by another much smaller distillery in Ohio. Want to know the mashbill. I get a lot of corn, and probably some malted barley in there. The spice is evident but very light. A lingering intensity lives on in it and it punches pretty well for something I know almost nothing about. Would love to see batch 2 of this come out at cask strength, or in some form of a single barrel. Would buy again for the price as a unique bottle to keep around, but tell me more Hooten Young!70.0 USD per BottleGoody Goody Liquor -
causeImTNT
Reviewed March 15, 2021 (edited December 2, 2022)Maple, vanilla and apple flavors. Very smooth finish.
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