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Bhakta Spirits

Bhakta Spirits
1928 Blended Straight Rye Whiskey, Calvados, and Armagnac

Category: American Hybrid Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 50%
96 Points
Platinum Medal
Superlative
$69

Bhakta Spirits
1928 Blended Straight Rye Whiskey, Calvados, and Armagnac

Category: American Hybrid Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 50%
Light golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of baked apple and spices, candied pepper and cinnamon, poached pear, and vanilla cinnamon cashew with a round, lively, dry medium body and a warming, elegant, very long finish evoking accents of apple and pecan butter, cinnamon and nutmeg poached pear, and peach and apple wood smoked maple bacon with course ground black pepper. Richly spiced apple flavor that conjures memories of very old Calvados paired with a full bodied Nicaraguan cigar.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: baked apple and spices, candied pepper and cinnamon, poached pear, and vanilla cinnamon cashew
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with accents of apple and pecan butter, cinnamon and nutmeg poached pear, and peach and apple wood smoked maple bacon with course ground black pepper
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Finish Finish: Very Long
Enjoy Enjoy: neat, on the rocks, with cigars and with drops of water
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Richly spiced apple flavor that conjures memories of very old Calvados paired with a full bodied Nicaraguan cigar.

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Bhakta Spirits

The Producer

American Hybrid Whiskey

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Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass
American Hybrid Whiskey is a Beverage Testing Institute classification for specialty blended whiskies bottled in the United States. Some spirits producers in the U.S. have started crafting blends of different types or categories of whiskies together to create a unique flavor profile. Examples include products made from Single Malt Scotch Whisky blended with a high-rye Bourbon, or a 50/50 blend of straight bourbon and straight rye. Under federal TTB regulations these whiskies would fall into the 'Blended Whiskey' or 'A Blend of Straight Whiskies' categories , but BTI gives these products the Hybrid Whisky category designation to better capture their producers' experimental intents to delineate them from the younger, lower-priced blended whiskies that often include neutral grain spirits and/or added coloring or flavoring.