kmerr1
Breckenridge Spiced Whiskey
Flavored Whiskey — Colorado , USA
Reviewed
October 13, 2021 (edited October 24, 2021)
I’ve never tried a spiced whiskey before, but I’m curious.
Nose: Christmas. It smells like a Christmas candle. All cinnamon and clove.
Appearance: amber with medium legs. Kind of oily.
First sip neat: tastes kind of like a Christmas candle might taste. Overwhelming clove and cinnamon, but not a lot of sweetness to balance it. It’s like if you soaked a handful of cloves and a cinnamon stick in some alcohol overnight. Maybe a bit of orange peel in there. But it’s bitter- like a cinnamon stick. Man, I wish this had some sweetness to it. It wouldn’t taste like bourbon, but it would taste like childhood Christmas nostalgia.
With water: like an unsweetened holiday-flavored hot tea that’s sipped through a cinnamon stick.
Finish: medium, bitter. I feel like I’ve been drinking the contents of a Bath and Body Works on Black Friday, condensed into liquid form.
What a disappointment. This could’ve been so good. However, that being said, I think where it would really shine is in fall-themed cocktails, like a holiday Old Fashioned with orange bitters and garnished with a cinnamon stick. I’m not willing to write it off completely- I just won’t be drinking it neat. There’s lots of unique cocktail potential, though!
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@kmerr1 next time you're in a Rocky Mtn mood, try Stranahan's Blue Peak. brecks good, just overpriced.
@Benji-Robert It comes very highly recommended, so I likely should’ve started with one of their more straightforward offerings. Live and learn!
I enjoy Breck's profile but the msrps always keep me away. I live in CO so I've had a sample or three of some of the offerings--never seemed to live up to the price