Whiskey Queens

The Whiskey - Amrut Indian Single Malt Whisky

• 46% ABV (92 Proof)
• Price: $77.16  ($69.99 plus $7.17 tax)
• 100% malted barley
• Aged in New American Oak and ex-bourbon barrels for at least 4 years

Tasting notes (courtesy of the website)

• Appearance / Color: Golden yellow
• Nose / Aroma / Smell: liquorice-bourbon notes (“near perfect bitter-sweet balance); burnt honeycomb and toffee
• Flavor / Taste / Palate: richness and sheen to the enormous barely-oak sweetness; big bourbon taste with notes of liquorice and molasses sugar and barley
• Finish: long, wonderfully layered oak offering variations of a sweet dry theme; a touch silky with some cream toffee at the death

“Most of the 189 million cases of Whisky produced in India isn’t what we would consider Whisky. Rather than being made from malted grains, it is made from molasses and is thick and very sweet. In fact, Whisky accounts for nearly 60% of the Indian-made foreign liquor market.”

-https://flaviar.com/blog/indian-whisky/

What we're (also) reading: The Complete Whiskey Course

Our ultimate goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

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Bastille Blended Whisky - http://www.bastillewhisky.com/

• 40% ABV

There are two expressions coming from the distillery - the blended whisky, which I’m drinking, and the Single Malt - the single malt being much more expensive - about $80 I think.

This retails for about $35-$40, and I got it for $20

The tasting notes from the distillery are as follows:

• Color: Bright orange/amber in color
• Nose: Orange Marmalade, Dried Apricot, Spice Cake, Pineapple Blossoms and Suede
• Palate: Vibrant, dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body and a long, Orange Bread Crust, Peach Cobbler, Peppery Spice and limestone accented finish.

“A remarkably fruity, exotic and enigmatic whisky that will make unique cocktails.”

Recipe:

The Bastille Sour

• Bastille WHISKY 2oz
• Elderflower Liqueur 3/4oz
• Fresh Lemon Juice 3/4
• One white egg
• Serve in a rock glass

How Welsh Whisky Rose From The Ashes - Master of Malt Article

The Whisky - Penderyn Dragon Legend - Single Malt Welsh Whisky

• 43% ABV (86 Proof) - in the US (41% other places)
  
• Price: $61.78  ($59.99 plus $5.74 tax plus $.05 DC bag tax)
  
• Made from 100% malted barley
  
• Matured in specially reserved ex-bourbon casks made from American Oak, before being finished in ex-Madeira wine casks
  
• Non chill filtered and no color added
  
• Tasting notes (courtesy of the box)
  
• Appearance / Color: Golden hues
  
• Nose / Aroma / Smell: “fresh apples and citrus fruits intermingle with cream fudge and sultana raisins”
  
  • Fun fact - there are 3 different types of dried grapes
    
    • Raisins - type of grape that has been dried fro around 3 weeks; dark in color, have a soft texture, a sweet flavor and are typically larger than sultanas and currants
      
    • Sultanas - made from green seedless grapes and typically coated in an oil-based solution prior to drying to speed up the process; typically smaller than raisins and sweeter, juicer and lighter in color
      
    • Currents - made by drying a variety of small, seedless grapes for up to 3 weeks; due to size have a sweet, tangy, intense flavor
      
• Flavor / Taste / Palate: smooth, delicate, sweet, fruit (both fresh and rich dried fruit), with a hint of bitterness
  
• Finish: long, leaving an aftertaste of Madeira cake and sultanas
  

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Our ultimate goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

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• The 5 Essential Japanese WhiskiesYou Need For Your Home Bar
  

The Whisky - Nobushi Japanese Whisky 

• Tasting notes (courtesy of Flaviar)
  
  • Appearance / Color: Light Amber
    
  • Nose / Aroma / Smell: You’ll find distinct Rum-like aromas of warm caramel, spun sugar, mint, and wood.
    
  • Flavor / Taste / Palate: The palate is light with spice cake and orange zest with a hint of vanilla. Maybe lightly floral.
    
  • Finish: The finish is quick with a bit of heat on the tail.
    
  • This one is aged 4 years in American oak barrels.
    
  • The bottle is really cool - it has this neat woodblock print-style label, screw top - no cork.
    
  • Summer whisky! That seems to be the theme with Japanese whiskies
    

What we're (also) reading: The Complete Whiskey Course

Our ultimate goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

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• https://www.instagram.com/p/CAHJUlFnODE/
  

Go Follow:

• Dramswithbecky
  
• Dramswithrachel
  
• Dramswithamber
  
• Dramswithkayla
  

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Bruichladdich - The Classic Laddie 

• 50% ABV
  
• ~$60
  
• Unpeated Islay (eye-lah) Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  
• NOSE – Barley sugar, hint of mint before leading into the most wonderful notes of freshly cut wild flowers. After a few minutes and with water you’ll start to get caramelised fruits, lemon drops and honey, and tangerine.
  
• PALATE – Sweet oak and barley. A combination of ripe green fruit, brown sugar and sweet malt bring closure with ocean salt.
  
• FINISH – Medium length and warming. Low-to-no burn.
  

Enter code on website from bottle - Code: 20 / 163

Nick’s bottle was specifically a vatting of 82 casks, 4 vintages, 3 barley types and 9 cask types, bottled in 2020.

Wikipedia to the rescue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_whisky

What we're (also) reading: The Complete Whiskey Course

Our ultimate goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

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Paul - J.P. Wiser

https://www.jpwisers.com/us

Wiser’s Legacy Blended Rye Whisky

• 90 Proof (45% ABV) - 750ml bottle
  
• Blend of Canadian Rye, rye malt and barley malt
  
• Copper Pot Distilled
  
• Aged in toasted new white oak barrels
  
• Most whiskies in the blend are aged 10 years
  
• Tasting Notes (caskers.com)
  
  • “creamy mouthfeel, with notes of cinnamon, peppermint patties, ginger and spices that warm the palate. The initial flavor profile gives way to notes of butterscotch, toffee and toasted rye bread, and finishes with a smooth, spicy hint of cloves”
    

Dr. Livermore sharing the recipe so people could make the Legacy blend themselves - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxap71Ro16c

“The Building Blocks of Canadian Whisky” https://www.alcoholprofessor.com/blog-posts/the-building-blocks-of-canadian-whisky

What we're (also) reading: The Complete Whiskey Course

Our ultimate goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

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The Show @thewhiskeyqueens | Paul @pdashton | Nick @wayfaringandwhiskey

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https://pendletonwhisky.com/

• 40% ABV / 80 Proof
  
• Nose: Vanilla, honey, butterscotch, and custard join together for a pleasing aroma. Hint of freshly grated cinnamon bark.
  
• Taste: Warm fall fruits and honey are balanced with a hint of spice to balance the flavor.
  
• Finish: A medium balance and smooth finish.
  
• Oak barrel-aged and distilled in Canada - before it’s bottled glacier-fed spring water is added from Mt. Hood (Oregon’s highest peak). So, everyone think back to Tincup - this is basically Canadian Tincup.
  

Other Pendleton’s:

• Pendleton 1910 - an 80 proof 100% rye whiskey aged 12 years - I NEED TO FIND THIS
  
  • Pendleton 1910 is another nod back to the Rodeo from which they take their name - the Pendleton Round Up was started in 1910.
    
• Pendleton Midnight - this one is 90 proof - the big claim to fame with this one is that a portion of the blend is aged for over six years in American brandy barrels
  
• Pendleton Directors’ Reserve - back to 80 proof - this one is aged 20 years
  
  • The only one in the collection that doesn’t have the glacier water claim to fame is the 1910, or the 100% rye.
    

Drink Recipes!

• Canadian Old Fashioned: https://pendletonwhisky.com/drinks/canadian-old-fashioned/
  
• Midnight Shindig: https://pendletonwhisky.com/drinks/midnight-shindig/
  

What we're (also) reading: The Complete Whiskey Course

Our ultimate goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

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Redemption Rye (not HIGH Rye): https://www.redemptionwhiskey.com/our-whiskey 

• Cost $28-30
• Taste: Rye spice with light floral and citrus notes. Slight mint finish. Redemption says that this is a great whiskey for cocktails. 
• Details: Mash Bill: 95% Rye, 5% Malted Barley
• 92 Proof
• Average age of 2.5 years, aged in new charred oak barrels

Redemption Bourbon: https://www.redemptionwhiskey.com/our-whiskey 

• Cost $28-30
• Taste: Large amount of corn gives it a traditional sweet bourbon taste with vanilla and caramel notes - as we’ve discussed before, this usually comes from the wood barrels and the maturation process.
• Details: Mash Bill: 75% Corn, 21% Rye, 4% Malted Barley
• 84 Proof
• Average age of 2.5 years, aged in new charred oak barrels

Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon: https://www.woodfordreserve.com/whiskey/straight-bourbon-whiskey/ 

• Cost $38-40
• Taste: Dried fruits, citrus, cinnamon, cocoa, caramel. Rich and smooth.
• Details: Mash Bill: 72% Corn, 18% Rye, 10% Barley
• 90.4 Proof
• Average age 7 years

Basil Hayden Bourbon (High Rye) https://www.basilhaydens.com/bourbon-whiskey 

• Cost $42-45
• Taste: Charred oak flavor that is complemented with sweet brown sugar, a touch of black pepper, and dried fruit to round it out
• Details: Mash Bill: 63% Corn, 27% Rye, 10% Malted Barley
• 80 Proof
• No age statement

Republic Restoratives Purpose Rye https://www.republicrestoratives.com/spirits/ 

• Cost $67-69 (my bottle $79)
• Taste: Smokey, sweet, cocoa notes on the nose - rounded out with black pepper and baking spice on the palate with a lengthy finish
• Details: Mash Bill: 95% Rye, 5% Malted Barley
• 100 Proof
• Aged 4 years

What we're (also) reading: The Complete Whiskey Course

Our ultimate goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

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• Wiggly Bridge Small Batch Bourbon
  
• 43% ABV / 86 proof
  
• $49.99 for a 750ml bottle
  
• Made in York, Maine from their bourbon mash recipe and aged under 4  years in new small american oak barrels
  
• Their spirits include:
  
  • Bottled in Bond Bourbon Whiskey
    
  • Small Barrel Bourbon
    
  • White Whisky
    
  • Small Barrel Rum
    
  • White Rum
    
  • Vodka
    
  • Small Batch Dry Gin
    
  • Platinum Agave Blue
    
  • Reposado Agave Blue
    
  • Anejo Agave Blue
    
• Small Barrel Bourbon Tasting Notes:
  
  • Color: Dark Amber
    
  • Nose: Caramel, oak, toast, cedar, nutty
    
  • Taste & Finish: “Balanced and complex flavor with caramel, oak, dried fruit, cinnamon, pepper, sweet tobacco, honey, and grain flavor. The finish is dry long and pleasant with cinnamon and clove.”
    

The Wiggly Bridge - Atlas Obscura

What’s Paul Drinking:

• Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style
  
• 57.5% ABV / 115 Proof
  
• $68.99 for a 750ml bottle
  

What we're (also) reading: The Complete Whiskey Course

Our ultimate goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

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The Show @thewhiskeyqueens | Paul @pdashton | Nick @wayfaringandwhiskey

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Nick and Paul are both drinking: Knob Creek 9 Year Bourbon

• 100 proof / 50% ABV
  
• Color: Copper to medium amber
  
• Official Taste: Rich, sweet, woody, full-bodied, almost fruity (Nick says vanilla, toffee, orange - long, slow astringent burn - bit tannic)
  

Check out the:

• Knob Creek Single Barrel Program
  
• Bourbon mash bill cheatsheet: Modern Thirst
  

Paul’s whiskey lesson:

• Tennessee Whiskey by Chris Stapleton
  
• Awesome article with a chart breaking down bourbon, rye, and Tennessee whiskey.
  

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What Nick is drinking: Woodford’s Boulevardier

INGREDIENTS

• 3/4 OZ Straight Bourbon Whiskey
  
• 3/4 OZ Sweet Vermouth
  
• 3/4 OZ Campari®
  

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Combine all ingredients to mixing glass, add ice and stir
   
2. Strain to tumbler over block ice
   
3. Garnish with an orange twist
   

Know your mash bills:

• Bourbon - 51% corn
  
• High-Rye Bourbon - 51% corn / rye is usually around 25% (no official standard)
  
• Rye - 51% rye
  

What Paul is drinking: KO Distillers Reserve of KO Distilling in Virginia

Moonshine University: https://moonshineuniversity.com/

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Our ultimate goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

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What Nick is drinking: Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Official Tasting Notes

• 45.2% ABV / 90.4 Proof
• Regularly $36 - purchased for $30 for the 750 ML bottle

Mashbill 

• 72% corn (locally grown from Shelby County in Kentucky)
• 18% rye
• 10% malted barley (They say this provides a balance between the sweetness of the corn and the rye spice and nuttiness of the malt)

NOSE - Heavy with rich dried fruit, hints of mint and oranges covered with a dusting of cocoa. Faint vanilla and tobacco spice.

• TASTE - Rich, chewy, rounded and smooth, with complex citrus, cinnamon and cocoa. Toffee, caramel, chocolate and spice notes abound.
  
• FINISH - Silky smooth, almost creamy at first with a long, warm satisfying tail.
  

What Paul is drinking: Uncle Nearest

Paul gave us a brief history of whiskey in America - this is a great article (LONG) article if you want a deeper dive.

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Tasting Article 1: https://www.gentlemansgazette.com/whiskey-tasting-guide-how/

Tasting Sheet on Pinterest

American Bourbon Association’s downloadables

What Paul is drinking: Redwood Empire Pipe Dream Bourbon Whiskey - https://redwoodempirewhiskey.com/whiskey/pipe-dream-bourbon/

Pipe Dream Tree - http://famousredwoods.com/pipe_dream/

@redwoodempirewhiskey

• Redwood Empire’s first Bourbon Whiskey (high corn mash bill)
  
  • Mash Bill: 75% Corn, 21% Raw Rye, 4% Malt Barley
    
• Age: A blend 4 to 12-year-old barrels
  

Tasting Notes

• Color - deep golden hue
  
• Nose - sweet maple, vanilla, and hint of honey
  
• Palate - roasted pecan, vanilla, and lingering char/woody notes. Smooth with a hint of black pepper finish
  

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What Nick is drinking: Green Spot 

Nose: Oak, green apple, mint/menthol

Taste: Vanilla, caramel green apple

Finish: Long and smooth finish - almost no bite

• Green Spot History Page
  
• Wikipedia
  

What Paul is talking about: Adding water to whiskey

• “The best way to drink whiskey, according to science,” The Washington Post
  
• “Here’s Exactly How Much Water to Put in Your Whisky,” Whiskey Advocate
  
• Guaiacol (gwai·uh·kaal) - is a naturally occurring organic compound that contributes to the flavor of many substances including whiskey and roasted coffee. What gives whiskey that smoky, spicy, peaty flavor. Theory is that these and other flavor compounds are not attracted to water and are more likely to become trapped in ethanol clusters. So adding water moves the molecules closer to the surface
  

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What Nick is drinking: Monkey Shoulder

• Tasting notes: Smells sweet and smooth - vanilla notes and spice with a bit of citrus. There is a definite bite at the end that is almost a citrus rind flavor.
  

How To Taste Whiskey - A great, 5 minute read from Wine Enthusiast on how to best taste your whiskey and not kill your nose.

Simpler tasting wheel

What Paul is drinking: Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Whiskey 

• Vanilla & baking spices - there is a definite sweetness to the whiskey when tasting it. It also has a fresh smell on the nose that can be described as “fresh cut grass.”
• NYT article touching on Nearest Green's impact on the whiskey world
  

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Our ultimate goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

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What Nick is drinking: A Tincup Manhattan

What Paul is drinking: Sagamore Signature Rye

Check out the distillery and their awesome mission to bring Rye back to Baltimore: Sagamore Spirit

In Review: 

• Don't forget the basics - we're drinking water, yeast, and a grain that's distilled and matured in casks, which lend the color and all those awesome vanilla and caramel notes! 
• A “mash bill” is really just referring to the ingredients in a particular whiskey
• And the process:

1. Malting (if using malted barley)
2. Mashing
3. Fermentation
4. Distilling
5. Maturation
6. Finishing
7. Bottling
8. DRINKING

We'll be back on November 11th! 

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Our ultimate goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

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What Nick is drinking: Pinhook Rye'd On

• “Rye'd On” - 97 proof / 48.5% ABV
• $38.99 in Provincetown, MA
• 20% corn / 20% malted barley / 60% rye
• Nose: peach, spearmint, and cinnamon
• Taste: cherry, toffee, and clove
  

“Pinhooking” is a term for purchasing young thoroughbreds, holding them until they mature, and selling them when they are ready to run.

What Paul is drinking: "The Queens' Manhattan" (A spin off a black manhattan which"

Recipe:

• 2 parts - One Eight Distilling District Made Rye Whiskey
  
• 1 part - Don Ciccio and Figli Cerasum Aperitivo
  
• 2 dashes of Fee Brothers Aztec Chocolate Bitters
  
• 1 luxardo cherry
  

A little history on the "Black Manhattan"

• Black Manhattan - Created by bartender Todd Smith when he worked at San Francisco’s Bourbon & Branch, the Black Manhattan recipe uses Averna in place of sweet vermouth—a groundbreaking move when it was created in 2005.
  
  • Averna Amaro - an Italian herbal liqueur made from an infusion of aromatic herbs, dried flowers, spices and liquorice
    
    • Created in 1868 for Salvatore Averna by herbalist monks of the San Spirito Abbey in Caltanissetta
      
    • First licensed spirit in Sicily and to this day remains one of the best selling amaros
      

Tattoo Healing - Saniderm

D'Vines in DC - located in Columbia Heights (our old neighborhood!)

Ptown! (Gay heaven)

P-Town blog post: https://www.wayfaring-images.com/post/provincetown-2018-vacationing-in-a-safe-space

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Our ultimate goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

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Pickleback on Wikipedia!

The original pickleback: McClures Pickles + Old Crow (originated at the Bushwick Country Club in Brooklyn, NY)

What Nick is drinking: Jameson Irish Whiskey + Suckerpunch "Spicy Bread & Betters” pickle juice

What Paul is drinking: One Eight Distilling Rye + Number One Son’s Sunny Dill pickle juice

Paul's weekend distillery experience: Don Ciccio & Figli

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Our ultimate goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

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What Nick is drinking: Jameson Irish Whiskey

Quick read on the history of Jameson - Culture Trip Article

What Paul is drinking: One Eight Distilling Rye

One Eight Distilling Drink Recipes 

Details on the distillery at Mt. Vernon - George Washington's Distillery

What Nick is reading: Superlife by Darin Olien

What Paul was reading: Lake Fearless - Summer Stories by Wit Talcott

Shows mentioned: 

Departures

• Wiki

Down To Earth

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What we’re drinking: Monkey Shoulder - check out the drink recipes! 

Monkey Shoulder (~$33 in Maine) 43% ABV

• A blended malt scotch whisky
  
  • Glenfiddich, Balvenie and Kininvie - hence the 3 monkeys
    
• Cask type is ex-bourbon
  
• Comprised of small batches of Speyside single malts, blended together in a marrying...tub….vat... for 3-6 months
  
  • What is a Speyside single malt? It is a single malt Scotch whisky, distilled in Strathspey, the area around the River Spey in Moray and Badenoch and Strathspey, in northeastern Scotland.
    
  • That region will always lend a butchscotch taste to the whisky
    
  • What is a marrying cask you ask? Basically a cask used to finish off and mature whiskey after its initial blending process
    
• To Review: A condition that maltmen would develop because they essentially performed the same, repetitive motion every day of the week for hours on end - basically the person turning the malt could develop an elongated shoulder/arm from the repetitive motion they go through
  
• In a company response email dated 2012 it was confirmed that they do add caramel coloring to the whiskey for the purpose of ensuring consistency.
  
• Carmel coloring (E105a) is typically used to - as they said - ensure consistency across the bottling. Because they use previously used barrels the scotch doesn’t pull as much color from the wood.
  

Official Tasting Notes: Mellow vanilla - spicy hints

Official Nose Notes: Zesty orange, vanilla honey, spiced oak

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Michelle’s “Old Fashioned Manhattan” Recipe

• After much research Michelle's rule is 1/2 sugar cube doused with 3 dashes of bitters/ 2oz preferred bourbon or rye. Glass rimmed with an orange (not garnished), and 2 luxardo cherries for garnish.
  
• You’ll find it’s the perfect in between of a Manhattan and Old Fashioned, especially if you go with rye

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Our ultimate goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

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This week we're talking about Copper Fox in Sperryville, VA

• Specializing in a scotch-esk whisky created after the owner apprenticed at the Bowmore Distillery on the Isle of Islay off the western coast of Scotland
  
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Tasting Notes for the American Single Malt:

• Nose: aromas of suede, olive tapenade, honey and wood fire
  
• Palate: dried mango chutney and clay with silky dry fruitiness, medium-full body
  
• Finish: long and spicy, with wood smoke, orange marmalade on rye toast and root beer float
  
• “Smokey and complex; a unique, distinctively flavorful, brawny and balanced whisky. A great choice for artisan cocktails or sipping”
  

American Single Malt Production:

• 100% hand malted Virginal barley
  
• Dried with hand-cut apple wood and cherry wood smoke
  
• Double pot-distilled
  
• Mature in ex-bourbon barrels with infusions of toasted apple wood and oak chips
  
• 48% ABV/96 Proof
  

Tasting Wheel - the Whiskey Queens’ merged wheel

Traditional Tasting Wheel (plus a great color chart)

Tasting Wheel w/ easy to understand descriptors 

1. Woody
   
2. Winey
   
3. Cereal
   
4. Fruity
   
5. Floral
   
6. Peaty
   
7. Fenty
   
8. Sulphury
   
9. Spice (not part of the traditional wheel, but we think it’s an important additional after reading through “The Complete Whiskey Course”
   

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Our ultimate goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

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This week we're talking about Tincup American Whiskey out of Denver, Colorado. 

What is whisk(e)y and how is whisk(e)y made?

1. Water, yeast, and grain to start! 
2. First we malt (if using barley) - get that barley partially germinated
3. Then we mash - stir it all up and make grain soup
4. Then we ferment - let the yeast feast and get some alcohol brewing
5. Followed by distilling - getting down to the good stuff
6. Toss it in a wooden barrel/cask and let it sit until the magic happens
7. Maybe "finish" it in another wooden cask (more magic)
8. Bottle it
9. DRINK IT

A couple of  more eloquent resources:

1. Reading
2. Watching 

What we're reading: The Complete Whiskey Course

Heather Greene on Epicurious 

Corporate Overloads: Proximo Spirits + MGP Ingredients (MGP via the amazing Wikipedia)

Cocktail Corner - bourbon recipe from "The Bar Book"

Blizzard

• 3oz bourbon or blended whiskey (which Tincup is a blended whiskey)
• 1oz cranberry juice
• ½ oz lemon juice
• 1 oz simple syrup (sub for honey, agave, syrup)
• Lemon slice

Shake with ice, strain into an ice-filled old fashioned glass - garnish with lemon

The cranberry and lemon should balance the sweetness from the simple syrup and the whiskey

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Our Instagram handles:

The Show @thewhiskeyqueens | Paul @pdashton | Nick @wayfaringandwhiskey

Visit us at www.whiskeyqueens.com

What Nick was drinking: Dingle Distillery Single Malt Batch #4

What Paul was drinking: Talisker Select Reserver

Corporate Overloads Pernod Ricard + Diageo

The ultimate goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

Our Instagram handles:

The Show @thewhiskeyqueens | Paul @pdashton | Nick @wayfaringandwhiskey

Visit us at www.whiskeyqueens.com

What Nick was drinking: Method & Madness

What Paul was drinking: Oban Whisky

The goal adventure: The Irish Whiskey Academy

Our Instagram handles: 

• Paul @pdashton
• Nick @wayfaringandwhiskey 
• The Show @thewhiskeyqueens