Milliardo
Koval Single Barrel Four Grain
Other Whiskey — Illinois, USA
Reviewed
January 18, 2023 (edited January 21, 2023)
Lunch pour, because: Wednesday.
This holds the moniker 4 grain, which I usually don’t care for. Of course, I’ve only had a few of the cheap versions, like Lee W. Sinclair, and given that a friend of mine said this was phenomenal, fingers are crossed.
Nose is grainy for sure, and bitter. There’s walnut, nail polish, sawdust, and spearmint.
Body is better. Brown sugar, oat. More mint.
Finish is… absent. Possibly some cinnamon.
This is 100% skippable. It is better than Lee W. Sinclair, and they did a noteworthy job avoiding the water sourcing issue that plagues so many of the distilleries up this way (this is from Chicago). It’s still conspicuously young, it lacks depth, and it makes some very curious flavor profile choices. Not going to order or buy this again.
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