Few Cold Cut Bourbon

The nose shows cocoa nib, espresso, cherry, dried caramel, and dried stone fruits. The palate shows up front coffee with oak barrel spice, cherry and a bitter edge on the finish. D&M Tasting Notes

This starts the same way all F·E·W Bourbons do, as a mash bill of 70% corn (regular), 20% rye, and 10% malted barley that is fermented with a saison yeast for a peppery character. Distillation and ageing is the same as with their typical bourbon- the twist comes when they go to cut the bourbon from cask strength to finish proof. Here the mad scientists of Evanston, Ill. take local coffee purveyor Passion House’s cold brew coffee (the cold brew has less bitter elements in it) instead of water and cut the bourbon to its finished proof of 46.5% ABV.  Cold Cut Bourbon was named as best American Flavored Whiskey at the World Whisky Awards 2020, so kudos for experimentation and willingness to try new things to F·E·W. D&M