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Wyoming Whiskey Small Batch Bourbon
Bourbon — Wyoming, USA
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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The rye blend sounds interesting too, but definitely craft whiskey pricing.
I definitely get some “terroir” influences from this (leather, rope, barnwood, dusty and dry). My first try was just ok, but I’ve liked it a little more each time I’ve revisited it. I can definitely see a repeat bottle once this one is emptied.
@PBMichiganWolverine good to know. Glad I haven’t pulled the trigger. Seems like it’s $65+ around here.
@soonershrink their Double Cask isn’t worth the price ( in my opinion), but I’ve read good things of their National Park series
I keep thinking I’d like to pick up the double cask, but then the price turns me away.