Dry Fly Cask Strength Straight Wheat Whiskey

tasted with a piece of ice. 120 proof small batch straight Washington state wheat whiskey aged 3 years. love what this distillery is trying to do. sweet grassy nose. sweet vegital, then leather oak tannin and vanilla, almost to anise flavor in the mouth. quick herbal menthol finish. dont know what other reviewers tasted as "latex" (could have been batch specific), but maybe it was this oaky herbal anise element. beautiful golden color and medium-light body. an unusual wheat whiskey, farm to glass, well worth a taste. hopefully they will start aging their whiskeys more than the 3 to 5 years they release now.

This is for Ace Spirits barrel selection from 2018 I believe. First thing the nose reminds me of is high esters Jamaican rum like Hampden's. Nose texture? I think I finally found it. Alcohol attack is subtle for its high proof. These give way for sweetness. Fermented honey and dried figs. Palate is warm and inviting, marble cake with rum raisins. :then the high proof pounces a bit, leaving a nice afterglow finish of sweet brown sugar with cardamom spice. For some strange reason this 100% wheat of a dram screams RUM. I would definitely spike my tea with this one.

I'm a fan of anything cask strength because I like the flavor intensity and don't mind a bit of burn on my way to understanding what the distiller was going for. I think there are a couple of harsh reviews about this whiskey, maybe too harsh. Is it great? No. But it is rather good as an opportunity to taste a full-wheat whiskey and to explore something different. I agree that it should have stayed in the barrel for a few more years to give the angels a bit more and gain a lot more from the charred oak. Maybe next time.

This is really strong on the nose and needs to open. The nose was very much wheater traditional, in fact I couldn’t tell it apart from Rebel Yell 100. The flavor on the palette is apricot preserves finishing in amaretto. Really unique and flat out my favorite wheater, destroying Weller and Rebel Yell 10 year. Amazing!

A fine wheater. Dried apricot, vanilla, honey, wheat bread, baking spices and a little ethanol on the nose. Quite viscous and sweet on the palate with vanilla, dried fruits and a little pepper, heat from the proof builds up to a nice hug by the end of a dram. Finish is medium length with some sweetness and pepper.

Smells and tastes like plastic / latex. My first thought was a dentist office after they have shoved the latex gloves hands in your mouth. On second pass I gets notes of a yellow balloon that I'm trying to blow up. Not a big fan of this one, but definitely gets points for uniqueness.