Mellow Corn Bottled in Bond Whiskey

Dirt cheap and strong as hell.

Nose - buttered popcorn, cola-like caramel, apple, chocolate, banana, cinnamon, spearmint, leather, high ethanol burn. Taste - buttered popcorn, caramel, spearmint, cinnamon, clove, peanut, sour apple, high alcohol bite, finishing quickly with fading corn sweetness and sour and bright, young alcohol flavors. Better than I thought it would be, but definitely not a sipper. I find that this mixes well with coke and have heard it brings an interesting dimension to cocktails.

I read a lot of notes and watched a lot of YouTube videos saying how underrated and decent Mellow Corn is, especially for a $12-15 price point. Don't you believe it. Unless you are on a very strict whiskey budget, Mellow Corn is more a chore than an enjoyment. It is a Whiskey delivery system for less than $20 and that's it. The nose is corn syrup and cinnamon, which is surprising since the mash bill is apparently only 10% rye. There is a banana creme or plantain component in the tail end of the sniff. The taste is banana, corn syrup, rye, gas fumes and charred oak. The 50% abv is not tucked away in rich flavors, but put front-and-center, lighting up the palate like a shot of Fireball. The finish is somewhat tannic, but more wood and corn syrup. Finished very dry and dusty. The finish is not complex; it is not pleasant. This is not an underground sensation or a sleeper whiskey. It's a below-mediocre American whiskey that even a Bourbon-n00b like myself can identify as a fraud. Don't let the "PBR-is-actually-really-good" (it isn't) crowd steer you down the wrong path thinking that for $15 you'll be getting anything more than a $15 whiskey.