Laws Centennial Straight Wheat Whiskey

Nose - cherry, vanilla, cereal grain, brown sugar, caramel, floral notes, cinnamon, black pepper, moderate ethanol burn. Taste - caramel, cherry, cinnamon, sweet vanilla, nutmeg, orange zest, brown sugar, sour oak, moderate alcohol bite, finishing fast with cherry, cinnamon, and caramel flavors. The sample I’m reviewing is not from the bonded release. This one is bottled at 47.5% and most likely younger as well. The nose is rather bright and youthful, but mild cherry notes accompany the standard caramel, vanilla, and cinnamon. Nothing special. The palate is hot for the proof. There’s a bit more here than on the nose, including some oak and citrus zest. As expected, the finish is nonexistent, with the flavors quickly fading to nondescript sourness. As with the four grain bourbon, this is much too immature to warrant a higher than average rating. Aging two years in Denver, Colorado is obviously very different from same in Hye, Texas. I would be interested in tasting the bonded version of this and determining whether the extra aging makes much of a difference. Overall, this is an extremely poor value for the money and should be avoided. The level of quality here could be tolerated at $20 a bottle, but this is multiples more than that.

The nose starts off with a youthful astringency reminiscent of applying hand sanitizer in which the alcohol hits hard before fading yet remains in the background of notes frosted shredded whole wheat cereal followed by dehydrated tart cherries, apple chips then light floral notes that transitions to black pepper and fresh cedar wood chips with a medium ethanol burn. The taste is a thin mouthfeel starting with that youthful astringency that blocks any notes before finally fading to reveal frosted shredded whole wheat cereal followed by cherry flavored NyQuil, apple chips then light floral notes that transitions to black pepper and fresh laid bags of cedar wood chips with a medium ethanol burn. The finish is short with cherry flavored NyQuil, shredded whole wheat cereal, roasted chestnuts, black pepper and fresh cedar wood chips. Comparing this to the Henry Road Straight malt, this is slightly better but still youthful and offensive. I think the company might reconsider changing their name to CRIMES instead of LAWS because there have been some crimes committed to my palate with these whiskies so far. A big thanks to @ctbeck11 for the generous sample for me to taste.

An elegant, grain-to-glass Bonded Straight Wheat Whiskey crafted with 100% Soft White Centennial Spring Wheat aged for 5 years in new 53 gallon charred oak barrels before being bottled at 50% ABV. It has an aromatic birth with notes of grain, fruits, spices, nuts, flowers & wood; while a balanced life adds notes of mountain strawberries, orange marmalade, alpine meadow & wildflower honey; that led to a dry & warming death of medium length with notes of oak, Jasmine tea, sage, spruce tips & pink peppercorn. April 2023

Light on the nose. Grainy. Some orange when I added a little water.

Out of the four pack I purchased this was my favorite of the bunch