Wyoming Whiskey Double Cask

This limited-edition double cask offering from Wyoming Whiskey brings my tally of U.S. state whiskies up to 4. It utilizes a cask combination that’s common in Scotch (substitute virgin oak for ex-bourbon here) but relatively unusual in the world of bourbon. And it’s a wheater to boot. The only other thing I can really compare to this to is Legent from Jim Beam, and even that is significantly different, even just on paper. At any rate, I expect this one to stand out for multiple reasons. Let’s find out. Nose: Cherry, brown sugar, wintergreen, cinnamon, and heavy oak right out of the gate. The sherry cask is evident, with grape jelly, raisin, fig, and cranberry popping out of the glass. A bit of leather. Concord grape. It’s bitter as it is sweet. Caramel and cola round this one out. Some barrel char as well. This has developed quite nicely as the bottle has sat open for a couple months. The Distiller notes are quite accurate here. There’s a Cognac quality here. Palate: Cherry, brown sugar, vanilla, caramel present standard bourbon notes. However, like on the nose, the palate has a heavy sherry-influence. Jelly, raisin, fig, and date hit hard in the next wave of flavor. It’s leathery, syrupy, and tart. Cranberry, goji berry, almond, and flax seed make this one reminiscent of trail mix. Molasses and grape. Orange peel and barrel char add bitterness and smoke. Leather. Sweet but dry red fruit, and cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove provide major spice. Many layers, much to love. Finish: Oak, leather, orange peel, brown sugar, and caramel transition into baking spices such as cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg. Wintergreen. Toasted almond. It’s a medium-length finish that reflects some of the prominent aspects of the nose and palate. Good whiskey that has become great with time. WW made a great choice with this one. The unique combination of sherry casks, a wheated mash bill, and whatever the Wyoming climate brings to the table make this respectably proofed whiskey a standout. 4.5, VFM considered. It ran me $50, and I’d happily spend $50 in the future. Since buying this one, I’ve added a High West bottle, bringing the total to 5. 10% of the way there… I’ll likely add a couple more bottles from WW before I even come close to hitting 50 states. This one tends to rate higher than the others made by WW, so it could be an outlier. But after trying this one, I’ve got an open mind. Buy it if you see it. Here’s to a damn fine effort from Wyoming. Minor updates added to review 5 years and 9 days later. A couple notes added, none removed. Still at 4.5. One of the best bang-for-buck whiskies you can find.

An alluring russet muscat colored whiskey that's very aggressive on the nose for those of us that live outside of sawmills and wood shops. There's a wallop across the schnozz of bitter charred wood, leather, dried nuts, and polish. However, after a few weeks open, the bitter wood and leather aromas merge with the softer, sweeter, fruitier flavors apparent on the palate from the beginning. There's rich caramel, vanilla, and toffee sweetness, as well as dried almond, citrus peel, and blueberry aromas rising up to dance with the more astringent saddle bag and barn door smells that feel second nature to this bottle. A keen belief in balance and an ambition for a truly terroir-driven whiskey becomes apparent. On the palate, sweet and bitter two-step with dark bread and cacao flavors twirling in cascades of honeyed malt and unctuous caramel. Then the sherry finish explodes in a whitewater of chewy mission figs, Turkish figs, raisins, and dates that drift downstream into the curls and eddies whispering of dark fruits, red fruits, dried citrus, maple, cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, chocolate, and far-off adventures.

Color: Medium "Rusty" Amber Nose: Sweet — molasses, slight alcohol, old library book (that's a good thing!) Palate: (First pour drank with an ice cube. Second pour with a large ice ball) Slight sweetness, and some char/smoke. Nice. I'm getting other things which I will attribute to the sherry cask. Slight burn in the chest. As the ice dissipates, it opens up and a blast of cinnamon will hit you. Spicy tingle on the back end. Finish: Medium with the lingering back-end spice and woodiness. Sometimes, I can be underwhelmed by a pour. But this one I find quite interesting. I don't typically go for these, "Finished in _____ Casks" expressions. But I'd say this one is worth the $50-$60, or whatever this goes for. I got to try it for free, as it was my final Flaviar freebie — which makes it taste even better. Interesting side note: I like to get my wife's take on the nose (she won't drink it!), so I asked her to nose my glass and tell me what she gets.... she said, "nail polish remover" — which the expert reviewer here also noted in their review.

Wyoming Whiskey is absolutely my favorite go to bourbon. It’s an easy drinking, everyday soldier but still robust enough with nice sweetness, black tea, herbaceousness, vanilla, caramel and spices. The barrel char notes are clean and superb with the slightest bitterness rounding out the profile. So very smooth! This Double Cask, 100 proof version is just on another level of pure splendor. It’s not only more of everything but fantastically fruity, a touch more sweet and surprisingly even smoother than the std 88 proof version. The sherry finish shines through and adds a ton of depth but isn’t for every whiskey drinker. I tend to love sherry finished whiskey and this is my favorite... by far! First bottle I bought was $55 and now the price has climbed to $62 because of the growing scarcity. This is one of those whiskeys that you sip and you sip and you sip some more, with good friends or by your lonesome self. It doesn’t matter..,it’s just f’n delicious.

Appearance: Rich amber, thicker, clings nicely to glass. Nose: Brown sugar, carmel, and vanilla. Sweet and fuller body Palate: Brown sugar and a bit of molasses out front give way to caramel oak, and a bit of spice. Excellent mouth feel. Wonderful neat. Needs no water or ice. Finish: Smooth with pleasant burn lingering on the tongue. The caramel and vanilla are true throughout and then gives way to brown sugar and spice. Super dessert bourbon!

Nose: not a big fan of the nose. Get a soapy scent with apple and vanilla. Palate: Drinks well above its nose. Has a real unique palate, definitely get some cherry vanilla, green apple and a sweet semi lingering finish. Was pretty eager to try this one as nancy fraley was invloved and she does great finishes. Really enjoy it, nose just drops it for me but makes wyoming unique