I love this distillery. All their products are unique and challenge my palette. This is no exception Batch 1, 42.5% ABV: Nose is light caramel/honey, mild hay, and cocoa. Taste starts with the cocoa powder, hazelnut, honey, then getting more tannic on the back of the tongue with tea, wood, tobacco, cocoa, and light sweetness. Medium dry finish. Delicately complex and earns a spot on the shelf for the unique combination of flavors. Definitely worth picking up if you're looking for something different
About this bottle
Named in honor of one of the world's first cultivated grains, Hordeum (aka wild barley grass). This straight malt whiskey is distilled from a mashbill of 99% Colorado-grown malted barley with a splash of rye. Aged at least two years in full sized charred 53-gallon new, American oak. Bottled at 85 proof.
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Bread, yeast, and some fruity notes. Some lingering burn, and tobacco and berry on the end
Distiller: You have "Bottled at 85 proof" and, just below that, an ABV of 50.
84 - Henry Road Straight Malt Sample 47.5% 2 years
Dark cocoa and peanut butter
Smooth; sweet heat;
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