Licorice, black tea, lemon, green apple, pomegranate, and almond on the nose. The palate is fruity, smooth, and light up front, with notes of dried orange slices, orange Creamsicle, lemon curd, and accents of nuttiness. The finish offers more orange, as well as flavors of vanilla cream and sweet raspberry, all spiced with an overlay of white pepper. Wispy and lacking deep complexity, but with balanced sweetness and some very pleasant notes.

Reviewed by: David Fleming (Summer 2020)

A combination of first-fill and refill bourbon casks was employed for maturation, followed by 6 months of finishing in first-fill oloroso sherry butts. The nose proclaims youthfulness, with metallic notes and a hint of yeast, but the sherry casks provide walnut, old leather, tobacco, and orange. Sherry, freshly planed wood, white pepper, and red currants on the palate. Plums dipped in sherry on the finish.

Reviewed by: Gavin Smith (Summer 2020)

One of two single barrel bourbons distilled in 2015, this one selected by Firestone & Robertson co-founder Troy Robertson. The nose is somewhat green, but offers notes of iced tea, candied orange, graham crackers, and antique closet. The palate has flavors of dark chocolate, tea leaves, roasted nuts, mint, wild herbs, and barrel char. The finish is barrel-forward, with more char, drying tobacco, and roasted coffee beans.

Reviewed by: David Fleming (Summer 2020)

A blend of 5 year old Kentucky and 4 year old Indiana corn whiskeys, finished on mizunara oak staves using Broken Barrel’s proprietary process. The nose is unusual, with candied fruit, grape Kool-Aid, blueberries, fresh coconut shavings, Popsicle stick, and a grassy character. Muted tropical fruit vies with oak on the palate, which is silky; soon chile pepper and oak dominate. It finishes with peppery heat and sweet oak. (6,600 bottles)

Reviewed by: Susannah Skiver Barton (Summer 2020)

Cinnamon Red Hots, peanut shells, almonds, burnt sugar, pencil shavings, and fresh ears of corn on the nose. There’s more cinnamon on the palate, as well as milk chocolate, Goobers, orange oil, a pretty floral character, and plenty of chewy oak; a few drops of water straighten up the balance. The finish is all about the oak and cinnamon, warming and sweet. (2,100 bottles)

Reviewed by: Susannah Skiver Barton (Summer 2020)

Peanut brittle on wax paper, corn pudding, orange slices, grape Nerds, cotton candy, and kettle corn on the nose. The palate has plenty of oak, Corn Nuts, peanuts, tea leaf, apple, white pepper, and Fruit Stripe gum, though it begs for more proof. It finishes fairly quickly, with vanilla and oak. (7,000 bottles)

Reviewed by: Susannah Skiver Barton (Summer 2020)

Fruit-forward on the nose with apples, blueberries, cinnamon, coffee ice cream, and chocolate-caramel milkshake. It’s silky and light-bodied in the mouth, with a heaping slab of dry oak, peanut shells, walnuts, pepper, cacao nibs, and orange peel. The oak persists on the finish, which is a bit abrupt.

Reviewed by: Susannah Skiver Barton (Summer 2020)

Initially aged in first-fill bourbon barrels, then finished in Pedro Ximénez sherry casks. On the nose, ripe peaches, apricots, vanilla, caramel, and mildly smoky sherry surface. The slightly viscous palate offers more sherry, wood spices, cinnamon, salted caramel, oak, peanuts, and a hint of salt. The finish is medium in length, herbal, and drying, with sea salt.

Reviewed by: Gavin Smith (Summer 2020)

Butterscotch candy, pencil shavings, cracked corn, cocoa powder, fresh ginger, and grape cough syrup on the nose. The palate is nutty, with toasted oak, and hints of pine, licorice, and spearmint, and the finish is blunt, dominated by wood sugar.

Reviewed by: Susannah Skiver Barton (Summer 2020)

Youthful and light, with aromas of vanilla-scented candle, coconut, pastry cream, almond shell, and prominent alcohol. The palate is nearly neutral, showing reticent flavors of vanilla, butterscotch pudding, and lemon cake, with the alcohol again quite evident. The finish is barely there: a bit of toasted oak and wood sugar.

Reviewed by: Susannah Skiver Barton (Summer 2020)

Hints of lime, new oak, and new leather on the nose, as well as licorice candy. Well-textured—soft and fairly smooth—on the palate, but with only faint notes of toffee, praline, pineapple, and orange slices, all struggling to emerge. There is also an overarching youthful overtone of new wood. In general, the whiskey seems thin and lacking any great depth or vibrant flavors.

Reviewed by: David Fleming (Summer 2020)