A favorite inexpensive bourbon brand released its first barrel-proof, small-batch 112.6-proof bourbon aged five years and bottled without chill filtration. The whiskey offers vanilla, caramel, oak spice, tobacco, cherry and walnut notes, limited to 2,100 bottles at $44. A 25-year-old Yamazaki single malt matured in 100% Mizunara casks meets JSMLA standards, with sandalwood, malt and honey on the nose and citrus, incense, nutmeg and orange marmalade on the palate, presented in a handcrafted nail-free locked box. A six-year-old Tennessee bourbon finished with whole-roasted Arabica via cold extraction delivers coffee, vanilla, cardamom, cinnamon, cherry and dark-roast flavors and works well in cocktails.
The oldest 100% Mizunara-cask aged Yamazaki expression from The House of Suntory, this 25-year-old release meets the official Japan Spirits & Liqueurs Makers Association (JSMLA) standards for authentic Japanese whisky, being fully distilled, matured and bottled in Japan. Encased in a handcrafted box that was assembled using a traditional Japanese nail-free "locking" method, this single malt is exquisite on the nose, full of sandalwood, malt and honey notes.
Here's something a little different: a six-year-old Tennessee bourbon (which has undergone the usual TN whiskey charcoal mellowing process, aka the Lincoln County Process) finished with whole-roasted Arabica coffee beans using a refined cold extraction method. The press release was very clear that this is not a liqueur or a flavored whiskey - I think of it more like Brugal's similarly-minded Brugal Colección Visionaria, Edición 01, which gets its coffee flavor from infused barrels.
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