Aroma is sweet, with mild vanilla, oak, and coffee notes. Alcohol smell leaves reasonably quickly. Initial taste is sweet, with hints of cherry, followed by a wood bitterness that lingers, but is not unpleasant. This is smoother than I would have expected for a three-year aged brown liquor. This is decent...much better than I would have expected from a shine source. It was a gift from the wife, so I don't know how much it cost. I probably would have passed on it given its origin. I'm glad she bought it because this is pretty good. I also have an open bottle of Angel's Envy, but I find myself going to this more often. I can't wait until they start producing a Tennessee whiskey. I expect good things from that distillery.
About this bottle
This bottling honors one of America's most iconic moonshiners, Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton. The Tennessee distillery was opened by Sutton's widow following his death, and was expanded by Megan Kvamme when she took over the distillery and appointed John Lunn, formerly the Master Distiller of George Dickel, to the head position. Barrel aged for 3 years, the spirit is distilled from a traditional bourbon mash bill (corn, rye, and malted barley), but the addition of sugar to help the fermentation process means that it cannot legally be called "whiskey" or "moonshine." Whatever it is, it's worth remembering that all whiskey -from Scotland to the US- has its roots in doing what Popcorn Sutton did best: tax avoidance.
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