Wild Turkey Longbranch

Decent start, nice finish Easy drinking... would buy it

Blind tasting

My only experience wit WTLB was paired with a medium bodied cigar (Olivia g series, Cameroon wrapper). It was a good match! WTLB was very smooth with balanced oakiness, and hints of leather and spice. I would describe it as an earthy flavorful frontier whiskey!

Toffee, leather, cherry, cornbread on the nose. Similar flavors come through upon tasting. Sweet but not overly so. Smokey, oak on the finish. A splash of water brings some subtle citrus and rye herb/spice. It doesn’t need water to smooth it out because it’s quite easily. sipped undiluted. But the water develops and rounds things nicely.

Wild Turkey has only two mashbills: their bourbon and rye whiskey. Their bourbon recipe is 75% corn, 13% rye, and 12% malted barley. Any Wild Turkey Bourbons that you purchase will have this recipe when it is distilled, regardless whether it is their Wild Turkey 101, Russell's Reserve, Rare Breed, Kentucky Spirit, or Longbranch expression. Wild Turkey collaborated with Matthew McConaughey in developing Longbranch and he apparently was closely involved in the process and not just a famous face acting as a spokesperson for the brand. McConaughey being from Texas and Wild Turkey being in Kentucky, it was important for them to make sure both places were represented in Longbranch. To achieve that, Longbranch bourbon is filtered the first time through American White Oak charcoal to represent Kentucky and second time through Mesquite charcoal, representing Texas. It is also the only label to have someone's signature other than Eddie Russell's. Nose is sweet with cornbread, brown sugar, and vanilla. On the palate there is caramel, green apple, black peeper, charred wood and a bit sour patch candy at the finish. It is definitely a Wild Turkey bourbon but with a bit of its own unique character.