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Limited Release Kentucky Straight Whiskey Finished With Japanese Mizunara and French Oak

Category: American Straight Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 51%
88 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$69

RD1
Limited Release Kentucky Straight Whiskey Finished With Japanese Mizunara and French Oak

Category: American Straight Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 51%
Amber color. Aromas of cocoa, cherry candy, and gingersnap cookie with a medium-to-full body and a medium-to-long apple compote, toasted hazelnut, and dulce de leche finish. An excellent sipper or cocktail base, this would hold up to a medium bodied cigar.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Mild & Spicy
Aroma Aroma: cocoa, cherry candy, and gingersnap cookie
Taste Flavor: apple compote, toasted hazelnut, and dulce de leche
Smoothness Smoothness:
Enjoy Enjoy: Enjoy in cocktails
Cocktail Cocktails: Sazerac, Old Fashioned, Manhattan
Bottom Line Bottom Line: An excellent sipper or cocktail base, this would hold up to a medium bodied cigar.
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American Straight Whiskey

Spirits Glass Glencairn Canadian Amber.jpg
Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass
About
American Straight Whiskey
An American straight whiskey is one that less than 160 proof (80% ABV) from a fermented mash of at least 51% corn, rye, malted barley, wheat or malted rye and has been age for at least two years in charred oak barrels. Straight whiskies may be produced from a blend of straight whiskies produced in the same state. Offering a coper or amber color and displaying notes of caramel, toffee and baking spices among others, these are generally used for mixing with soda or tonic or used in cocktails.

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RD1 Limited Release Kentucky Straight Whiskey Finished With Japanese Mizunara and French Oak rating was calculated by to be 88 points out of 100 on 7/22/2025. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.