Bottles of Jack Daniel’s feature heavily among the whiskies I have reached for most and polished off with ease, my most memorable “bottle kills”. The “Jack Daniel’s” logo has the ability to make me salivate and crave a big ole rack of ribs in an instant, and whenever the pressure is on to quickly choose a whisk(e)y (because the other half is waiting to watch a movie), my default option is usually to grab a bottle of JD and then snuggle up on the couch with a glass and our chihuahua. Apparently Frank Sinatra called Jack Daniel’s “the nectar of the gods”, and I tend to agree.
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Tag: American whiskey
Badger’s Bluff Fresh Cut Whiskey
Type: American whiskey
Origin: Kentucky, USA
ABV: 37%
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Baker’s Bourbon aged 7 years (batch B-90-001)
Type: Bourbon
Origin: Kentucky, USA
ABV: 53.5%
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Bearded Lady Bourbon
Recommended use: Serve neat/with ice
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Type: Bourbon
Origin: Indiana, United States
Jim Beam Signature Craft 12 year old
Recommended use: Serve neat/with ice
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Type: Bourbon
Origin: Kentucky, United States
ABV: 43%
Westland Peated American single malt whiskey
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Type: Single malt whiskey
Origin: Seattle, United States
ABV: 46%
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Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select (Barrel No. 15-2739)
Malt Mileage Rating: ★★★★★
Type: Tennessee whiskey
Origin: Tennessee, United States
ABV: 45%
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Westland Sherry Wood American single malt whiskey
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Type: Single malt whiskey
Origin: Seattle, United States
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Westland American Oak American single malt whiskey
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Origin: Seattle, United States
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Bearded Lady Charred Moonshine
Bearded Lady Charred Moonshine is from Indiana in the United States. It is made from 99% corn and 1% barley, and “rested” in used bourbon barrels. The fact that it is rested in used barrels may mean that it can’t be called “bourbon”, because bourbon must age in new charred oak barrels.
Over the years, this “moonshine” has grown on me. It is a very drinkable sweet spirit – initially sweet with lively raw grain-led flavour, it tastes of corn fritters, fruit bread, buttery vanilla and honey, while toasted wood and wisps of smoke progressively intensify with burnt toffee and anise seed toward the finish.
Bearded Lady Charred Moonshine may provide a drinker with a style of liquor that is a little bit different to the ocean of bourbon on the market. For one thing, the underlying corn spirit doesn’t seem to compete with heavy flavours of American oak or rye; the corn is just there in all its golden glory, and it tastes finger lickin’ good.
Bearded Lady Charred Moonshine currently sells for AUD$39 per 500ml bottle.