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Bernheim 7 Year Original Wheat Whiskey
Wheat Whiskey — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed
February 1, 2016 (edited February 23, 2016)
(Note that this is a review of a "Small Batch Store Select" bottle, from Kensington Wine Market in Calgary, Canada--never-mind any questions about how the hell a "Small Batch" can be store selected like a single barrel).
A nice, albeit soft smell, which I guess is what to expect from a wheat whiskey; a mix of Wheaties, banana bread, slight cherry, perhaps a touch of mint and some cherry Kool-Aid powder. Vanilla cake frosting. Slight breadiness or cookie dough. Taste is--again--light, an initial soft sweetness, more bread. Slightly wheaty, light cake batter, vanilla. Something evocative of an ex-bourbon barrel Speyside Scotch. Chocolate milk powder? Honey? Somehow I get a bit of cornmeal or cornflour despite the absence of corn from the mash. A touch of banana esters. Finish is a bit hot, dry. Slight vanilla and wood char. Nougat, maybe? Not terrible, but aggressively mild in flavour (aside from big, surprising heat in the finish). Super mellow, even without ice or water. Perhaps a nice warm-day summer sipper by the campfire, but there's not enough here to keep the attention of a whiskey fan.
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