Kings County Distillery Barrel Strength Bourbon Whiskey 750ml Bottle

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Kings County Distillery

Barrel Strength Bourbon Whiskey 750ml

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Situated along the banks of the East River, Kings County Distillery is New York City's oldest operating whiskey distillery and the first distillery in New York City since Prohibition. Wedged between Williamsburg and Vinegar Hill, Colin Spoelman and David Haskell, the master distillers at Kings County, make hand-crafted bourbon and moonshine out of the 113-year old Paymaster Building at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. A typewriter the two distillers found on the sidewalk in Williamsburg is used to make the labels that adorn their clear, flask-like bottles, while a hairdryer (made by Revlon) is used to afix each bottle seal. Handwritten scrawls on a chalkboard keep track of different batches, and mesh laundry bags are used as strainers. Kings County Bourbon is made from a mash of 70% organic, cracked corn that Spoelman and Haskell source from the Finger Lakes region in Upstate New York, and 30% barley. After milling and mashing the grains, the wash is slowly fermented at their distillery in blue tanks that resemble oil drums and then double-pot distilled. Haskell and Spoelman use the first alcohol produced from each batch — the "head" — as a disinfectant and sell the used mash to a pig farmer who uses it as feed. "I still don't understand why it doesn't make the pigs drunk," Haskell says. After distilling the wash, Kings County Barrel-Strength Straight Bourbon is aged in five-gallon, charred American oak barrels upstairs at the Kings County distillery, which provides direct exposure to sunlight and encourages maximum interaction between the whiskey and the wood. This special barrel-strength bottling has been taken from some of the oldest barrels at the distillery (aged between two and four years) and is bottled at a robust 122 to 126 proof — one of the highest proofs of any American craft whiskey. As a result, Kings County Barrel-Strength Straight Bourbon has an aroma of clover honey, cornbread and spicy peppers. The palate is full of toffee, corn flakes and even coconut, and leads to a hearty finish accented by baked apples and caramel. Once the bourbon has been distilled, it is bottled, labeled and sealed by hand.…

Beverage type:

Bourbon Whiskey

Alcohol Level:

61%

Bottle size:

750ml bottle Single

Product Origin:

New York

UPC code:

53396007221

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Ratings & Reviews (5)

I was attracted to the insignificant structure of the jug and publicity from other neighborhood whisky devotees. The dull shading is unordinary for a whisky just 3 years of age yet this is likely because of the little barrels this whisky is matured in. More unpredictable than it is pleasant the sense of taste is uproarious floating among sweet and appetizing. The unmistakable notes of heated pear anise and orange were pleasant however loads of crazy notes like squashed wet leaves occupy from the measure. Opens up enjoyably with a little water or ice yet to an extreme and it just tastes like barrel and leaves. At first comparable and charming like Balcone's Single Malt however not exactly as organized still an intriguing pour. Fragrance: Sweetened orange caramel dates and warm calfskin Flavor: Lime get-up-and-go prepared pear earthy colored sugar scorched oak overripe apple and anise Lingering flavor: oak nectar graham and moist vegetation Body: Drug high and round

Posted on Jul 18th, 2020

Nose: Raisinets Oak cinnamon Taste: cloves (the preference for my mouth in the wake of smoking cloves) mint and pecan

Posted on Jun 22nd, 2020

Tasting Notes

Nose

Cherry tobacco, clove, flapjacks and a hint of sawdust.

Taste

Milky coffee, Cinnamon Toast Crunch (it's an American cereal, and it's great), buttered cornbread and a hint of pear.

Finish

Lingering peppery spice.

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