The Whistler Imperial Stout Cask Finish has one of the most impressive bottles I have ever seen. The cool slick black bottle matches the artistic label and musical cork. Boann Distillery fills their Whistler 7-year-old Single Malt casks and fills them with the distillery’s own Boyne Brewhouse Imperial Stout Beer. The casks are then refilled with blends of their malt and grain whiskey together to impart a distinct flavor profile. The Whistler Imperial Stout Cask Finish is triple distilled, non-chill filtered, and is bottled at 43% ABV. Color: Deep Copper On the nose are notes of coffee, wet grass, vanilla, creamy, dark chocolate, malty, oak, and corn grains. On the palate are notes of toffee, malt, dark chocolate, and a thick creamy vanilla. The finish is medium in length, a little shorter than I’d like, with leather, floral, and vanilla notes.
About this bottle
The Whistler Imperial Stout Cask Finish is a triple-distilled blended whiskey made in collaboration with Boyne Brewhouse. The whiskey itself is made from 50% wheat whiskey, 35% malt whiskey, and 15% grain whiskey all individually aged in ex-bourbon barrels. The barrels used for finishing this blend were ex-sherry barrels which formerly held The Whistler Blue Note Whiskey. These barrels were dumped and then used by Boyne Brewhouse to age its Imperial Stout for six months. After the beer aging, the barrels were then sent back to finish this blend for six months. Bottled without chill-filtration or added caramel at 43% ABV.
How it tastes
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Starts with a noticable wheatiness, then some more hay, light coffee, dried dark fruit, light cinnamon, then some more hay closer to the finish which is medium length and light on any spice. Its a decent dram, i probably wouldnt be inclined to pick it up again, but it isnt bad. It’s definitely has more depth than jameson or some other standard irish ive had but yet again i think some of the orher whistler cask finishes would have been a better choice.
Tono ámbar. En nariz buen irlandés. Nuez y naranja. Algarroba. Regaliz. Fondo de levadura persistente. Tabaco. Con tiempo va predominando la nota de jerez con chocolate. En boca terroso, se siente como un Jerez. Ligero de cuerpo. Algo picante. Ligera acidez. Alimonado. Final refrescante con astringencia persistente en boca.
Nose- this is going ti be different, Body- chocolate italian soda, malt balls, and dark chocolate Finish- chocolate gives way to coffee This is very different that any Irish I have had. Good although not a flavor profile I usually look for.
Remind me a lot of Jameson stout cask. The beer finish is obvious. Other than that at 43% it felt like a very good Irish whiskey. The unmalted barley is present. Very thin, but super drinkable. Enjoyed the hell out it with my friends.
Surprised by how much I like this- was not sure what to expect. Wheat forward nose, with a small hint of chocolate, leading to a heavily malted/caramel taste that finishes with subtle bitterness and more chocolate.
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