The Whiskey Jar

Found North’s Batch 012 hit shelves this June with an age statement of 16 years—the youngest whisky in the blend—and a price tag of around $150 for the 750ml bottle. This release is a blend of eleven different whisky components ranging from 16 to 22 years old, all corn and rye distillate from 2003, 2004, and 2009, with a mashbill that works out to roughly 86% corn, 13% rye, a...

I have previously written about the Four Roses OESO recipe and came away convinced that it may be my new favorite of the Four Roses recipes. OESO combines Four Roses’ low-rye mash bill with its “O” yeast strain, which Four Roses describes as producing rich fruit. In my prior review, I found that recipe brought together vanilla, cherry, dark and stone fruits, juicy fruit gum, ...