Red Wood Empire Rocket Top Rye Whiskey Batch 3 (Spring 2018 Distilling Season)

Nose: Dill, Fennel, Molasses, Black Pepper, Ginger, French Vanilla, Over-Ripe Bananas, Laffy Taffy, Slightly Medicinal Cherry. Palate: Cardimum, Toast, Light Bitter Oak - Tannins, Mint, Anise, Maple Syrup, Rye Spice, Lingering Banana Laffy Taffy, Rum Raisin Bread. Im always excited to see bottles coming from new distillers on the west coast or anywhere in the United States. Redwood Empire is one I've been keeping an eye on. They started off blending product from MGP and then started putting their own product in with the blend once it was old enough. Now they have enough of their juice to put out batches that are 100% their own distillate. The nose is rich and comprised of strong herbs, deep dark molasses, artificial candies, and deep raisn bread on the back. The palate continues with the herbal notes, baking spices, cooking spices, light oak Tannins. The second half of the palate develops into something slightly sweeter. Maple Syrup, Sweet Artifical Banana, and Raisn bread. The finish consists of light herbs, spices, toasted bread, and hints of that sweet banana keeps popping up. This bottling is wonderful, and I greatly enjoyed it.