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American Blended Whiskey

Category: American Blended Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 42%
92 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$35

Tincup
American Blended Whiskey

Category: American Blended Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 42%
Light golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of rye bread dough, baked peaches, vanilla, and ginger and pecan with a satiny, bright, dry medium body and a tingling, refreshing, medium-length finish with overtones of sourdough and rye, caramel and vanilla, red apple skin and peach, and peanut brittle. A youthful Whiskey that shows the mashbill as well as the high quality of distillation; suitable for cocktails as well as sipping.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Crisp & Lively
Aroma Aroma: rye bread dough, baked peaches, vanilla, and ginger and pecan
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with overtones of sourdough and rye, caramel and vanilla, red apple skin and peach, and peanut brittle
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat, on the rocks and with drops of water
Cocktail Cocktails: Sazerac, Old Fashioned, Manhattan
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A youthful Whiskey that shows the mashbill as well as the high quality of distillation; suitable for cocktails as well as sipping.
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The Importer

Proximo Spirits

The Importer
3 Second Street
Suite 1101
Jersey City, NJ 07302
USA
1 800-837-8452
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Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass
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Blended American Whiskey is required to contain at least 20% straight whiskey; with the balance being unaged neutral spirit or, in a few cases, high-proof light whiskey. It has a general whiskey flavor profile (most closely resembling Bourbon), but lacks any defining taste characteristic.

Blended whiskies date from the early 19th century when the invention of the column still made possible the production of neutral spirits. Distillers would blend one or more straight whiskies (Bourbon and Rye) with these neutral spirits in varying proportions to create their own branded blend. The taste and quality of these whiskies, then as now, varies according to the ratio of straight whiskey to neutral grain spirit. Early blends were frequently flavored with everything from sherry to plug tobacco. Compared to straight whiskies they were relatively inexpensive and bland in character. Modern blends utilize dozens of different straight whiskies to insure a consistent flavor profile. Blended American whiskies had a great sales boost during and just after World War II when distillers promoted them as a way of stretching their limited supply of straight whiskey. This sales spike did not last, however. Blended whiskies were considered to be too bland by Bourbon and Rye drinkers, and consumers with a taste for lighter spirits soon migrated to Vodka and Gin. Blended whiskies have been leading the pack in declining sales over the past few decades.

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Tincup American Blended Whiskey rating was calculated by to be 92 points out of 100 on 6/21/2023. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.