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Dry Fly Straight Wheat 8 year Private Barrel
Wheat Whiskey — Washington, USA
Reviewed
January 27, 2024 (edited February 18, 2024)
Picked this up for $30 from someone unloading some unwanted bottles. Private Barrel pick from Thru the Cellar Door, which appears to be in Broken Arrow, OK. The math on the proof/ABV doesn’t add up - the bottle says 62.75% and 133.5 proof, so it’s unclear if this is 62.75% or 66.75%. I’m guessing the latter. 8 years old, so several years older than their regular cask strength bottling.
This absolutely needs a little water, both because it drinks very hot, but also because it unlocks some nice fruit flavor. On the nose peach cobbler with a cinnamon brown sugar crumble. Pleasant oak and a slight plastic note that reminds me of Maker’s Mark. The palate is sweet bready vanilla pastry, apricot, coconut, orange peel, transitioning to some drying oak tannin. Lingering brown sugar sweetness, but a fairly short finish considering the proof (whatever it may be).
All in all, a great buy at $30, but I have no idea what this sold for originally.
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