Laws Centennial Straight Wheat Whiskey

Light on the nose. Grainy. Some orange when I added a little water.

Nose - cherry, vanilla, cereal grain, brown sugar, caramel, floral notes, cinnamon, black pepper, moderate ethanol burn. Taste - caramel, cherry, cinnamon, sweet vanilla, nutmeg, orange zest, brown sugar, sour oak, moderate alcohol bite, finishing fast with cherry, cinnamon, and caramel flavors. The sample I’m reviewing is not from the bonded release. This one is bottled at 47.5% and most likely younger as well. The nose is rather bright and youthful, but mild cherry notes accompany the standard caramel, vanilla, and cinnamon. Nothing special. The palate is hot for the proof. There’s a bit more here than on the nose, including some oak and citrus zest. As expected, the finish is nonexistent, with the flavors quickly fading to nondescript sourness. As with the four grain bourbon, this is much too immature to warrant a higher than average rating. Aging two years in Denver, Colorado is obviously very different from same in Hye, Texas. I would be interested in tasting the bonded version of this and determining whether the extra aging makes much of a difference. Overall, this is an extremely poor value for the money and should be avoided. The level of quality here could be tolerated at $20 a bottle, but this is multiples more than that.