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Bainbridge Battle Point Organic Wheat Whiskey
Wheat Whiskey — Washington, USA
Reviewed
January 31, 2018 (edited October 21, 2024)
Nose - Sweet vanilla caramels, bit of raw ethanol bite, uncooked cinnamon roll dough, uncooked monkey bread, brown sugar.
Taste - Sweet vanilla at first, transitions to a yeasty uncooked sweet bread dough, cinnamon heat, light ethanol bite, buttery mouthfeel, weird offputting green sapling oaky bitter.
Finish - Lingering oaky bittersweet, almost splenda like sweetness, light cinnamon burn.
Score - 67/100
Final Thoughts - This had an interesting nose that showed promise, but unfortunately fell flat. It smelled young, tasted young, was all over the place. Dominating flavor on the palate was if they forgot about a sweet bread dough on the counter and it started to ferment & develop a bit of alcohol. The young ethanol bite was present on the palate, and I guess what did it for me was there was this constant splenda-like sweetness throughout. I'm glad smaller distilleries are trying to get into the whiskey world, but this is an example of what not to do. Pushing out young product that was quickly aged in microbarrels (if that since they're 10 gallon). Really glad I've constantly passed on this bottle.
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Nice review. Really is quite interesting how all whisky experiences are unique based on different palates, settings, frames of mind. My initial reaction when opening this was unfavorable but became more enjoyable as I got acquainted with the bottle over a 5+ month period - the higher quality of the ingredients definitely apparent. Crisp & refreshing was my final simple consensus