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Storm King Distilling Co.

Storm King Distilling Co.
Side Gig American Straight Whiskey Batch No. 7

Category: American Straight Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 45%
91 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$85

Storm King Distilling Co.
Side Gig American Straight Whiskey Batch No. 7

Category: American Straight Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 45%
Amber color. Aromas and flavors of cinnamon sugar, candied orange zest and fresh sweet corn, almond cookies, and gingerbread with a round, crisp, dry medium body and a tingling, elegant, medium-length finish with shades of cinnamon dusted red apple and cherries, demerara sugar, cocoa nibs, and vanilla caramel. A very nice youthful Whiskey with great aroma and flavor characteristics already, and potential to develop into something even more intriguing with further barrel age.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Crisp & Lively
Aroma Aroma: cinnamon sugar, candied orange zest and fresh sweet corn, almond cookies, and gingerbread
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with shades of cinnamon dusted red apple and cherries, demerara sugar, cocoa nibs, and vanilla caramel
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat and on the rocks
Cocktail Cocktails: Sazerac, Old Fashioned, Manhattan
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A very nice youthful Whiskey with great aroma and flavor characteristics already, and potential to develop into something even more intriguing with further barrel age.

The Producer

Storm King Distilling Co.

The Producer
41 West Main St.
Montrose, CO 81401
USA
1 970-209-8663

American Straight Whiskey

Spirits Glass Glencairn Canadian Amber.jpg
Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass
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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