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Reviewed
August 17, 2022 (edited August 19, 2022)
Batch No. 94. Aged 5 years.
N: Sweet corn, cinnamon soap, baking spice. Mild oak notes. A little more time in the glass and the baking spice develops into a gingersnap cookie. More corn and then some hints of fruit.
P: A bit thin at entry. Then caramel, faint vanilla, sweet corn, toasted white bread with a little bit of butter. Some faint green rye grain notes which bring along some herbal notes that almost lean toward white tea. Finish is sweet cinnamon with very little heat (if any), and then a long-lingering sweet caramel candy with hints of vanilla and sweet oak. Long, but very gentle finish.
I'd been curious to try a Wyoming bottle for some time. I really like the commitment to local ingredients. I read somewhere something along the lines that this distillery is trying to make something that's not a Kentucky bourbon made somewhere else, that they subscribe to the idea that where this is made influences this juice to make it something unique in the market. I like that idea. I'm not sure how it holds up in this bottle, but this is really solid. It is different than your average Kentucky bourbon - it's softer, less sweet and less hot, which leaves you wondering what's left. Well, it has some nuance that is often bombed out by oak on entry level (or second level) Kentucky offerings. It's not one I'm likely to repeat - it just doesn't make much sense at the price - but it's good enough that I'm curious to see what else Wyoming has to offer.
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