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Chicago Smokeworks Cherrywood Smoked Malt Whiskey

Category: American Smoked Whiskey

Date Tasted: 7/24/2025

Country: USA

Alcohol: 46.5%

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94 Points

Gold Medal

Exceptional

$39

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Chicago Smokeworks Cherrywood Smoked Malt Whiskey

Category: American Smoked Whiskey

Date Tasted: 7/24/2025

Country: USA

Alcohol: 46.5%

Amber color. Smoky aromas of cherry wood campfire, pipe tobacco, caramel apples, and autumn leaves with a round, soft, dry medium-to-full body and a warming, complex, medium-long smoked sugar plum, lapsang souchong tea, brown rice, and chewing tobacco finish. Generously smoky without being over the top - if Armani made a bearskin rug - would make a stellar smoky Old Fashioned or a more savory take on a Whiskey Sour.

Tasting Info

	Style:	Smoky
	Aroma:	cherry wood campfire, pipe tobacco, caramel apples, and autumn leaves
	Flavor:	smoked sugar plum, lapsang souchong tea, brown rice, and chewing tobacco
	Smoothness:	Warming
	Enjoy:	in cocktails
	Cocktails:	Whiskey Sour, Old Fashioned, Manhattan
	Bottom Line:	Generously smoky without being over the top - if Armani made a bearskin rug - would make a stellar smoky Old Fashioned or a more savory take on a Whiskey Sour.

The Producer

Few Spirits

918 Chicago Ave

Evanston, IL 60202

USA

1 847-920-8628

www.fewspirits.com

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American Smoked Whiskey

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Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass

About

American Smoked Whiskey

A few American distilleries produce smoked whiskeys; these are smoked with different fuels, such as peat, cherry wood and beechwood. This is followed by aging in charred oak, which results in whiskeys with flavor profiles of roasted nuts, maple syrup, nougat and fig. These smoked whiskeys are generally wither served over ice or mixed with water or tonic, while the best are often sipped after dinner in a small snifter.