Del Bac Distillers Cut Cask Strength Single Malt Whiskey 750ml Bottle

Tonight’s dram takes me (virtually) back to the desert state of Arizona – skin-scorching hot days and bone-chilling cold nights. While many of their malts are mesquite-smoked (similar to peat drying/smoking, but very different smoke flavor), the Distiller’s Cut Spring 2021 is unsmoked (more to my liking). It opens with dark caramel fudge, plumbs, figs, and golden raisins, followed by black cherries, dark chocolate, and cinnamon, then a hefty dose of black pepper, molasses, and nutmeg, with heavily-charred oak throughout – front-to-back. The oily mouthfeel and heavy-clingy legs (plus 55.9% ABV) deliver a long finish of heavily-charred oak, root beer, and black pepper. This is another dram that is touched by the magical Pedro Ximenez casks. The team at Del Bac have definitely mastered the radical temperature swings of the desert to rapid-age their barley malts. Drink slow, drink long, drink a variety, drink often.

Tonight’s dram takes me (virtually) back to the desert state of Arizona – skin-scorching hot days and bone-chilling cold nights. While many of their malts are mesquite-smoked (similar to peat drying/smoking, but very different smoke flavor), the Distiller’s Cut Spring 2021 is unsmoked (more to my liking). It opens with dark caramel fudge, plumbs, figs, and golden raisins, followed by black cherries, dark chocolate, and cinnamon, then a hefty dose of black pepper, molasses, and nutmeg, with heavily-charred oak throughout – front-to-back. The oily mouthfeel and heavy-clingy legs (plus 55.9% ABV) deliver a long finish of heavily-charred oak, root beer, and black pepper. This is another dram that is touched by the magical Pedro Ximenez casks. The team at Del Bac have definitely mastered the radical temperature swings of the desert to rapid-age their barley malts. Drink slow, drink long, drink a variety, drink often