Woodinville 2022 Cask Strength Store Pick Bourbon Whiskey

Cask Strength Single Barrel #6682. The mash bill for your Bourbon is 72% Corn, 22% Rye and 6% Malted Barley. It was distilled and barreled on January 2, 2017 and after spending five years and 3 months in barrel it was dumped and bottled at cask strength on April 18, 2022. The nose of this cask strength bourbon shows warm spice, clove orange peel, cigar box, and caramel. The palate is textured and almost creamy with wood notes of cedar and oak shavings balanced by sugar dusted funnel cake. D&M Tasting Notes

Woodinville from the start aimed to source local grain. The fact of the matter is that Woodinville, Washington is in the foothills of the Cascades, so any grain source would have to lie on the other side of that imposing mountain range. They are fortunate that they struck up a partnership with the Omlin family in Quincy, Washington. Quincy is 115 miles as the crow flies but can take over three hours to make the trip. The third generation Omlin family grows non-GMO grain on their property and leased land. From there it is harvested and sent west over the high mountains to Woodinville. There at the distillery it is mashed, fermented, distilled and barrelled. Then it boomerangs back to Quincy and the Omlin family’s property where it ages in newly built rickhouses. This aging where the grain is grown as opposed to distilled seems to work wonders on the final product. In mid-2017 Woodinville was purchased by Moet Hennessey USA, and Orlin and Brett remain at the helm today. The small little still that they started with has been replaced by a 16-plate bubble-cap “Superaromator” rectification column and a gleaming copper 1,320-gallon handmade pot still. Michael Kennel, D&M