Happy World Whiskey Day!!!

So I wanted to add a few photos in celebration of this grand day. I'd like to thank a sweet friend from Michigan for gifting me today's whiskey. I know I've said this before, but I love getting whiskey from different parts of the country. I get to taste and learn about whiskies that I never knew existed. I honestly thought most of it came from Kentucky here in the U.S.. 

Coppercraft Straight Bourbon Whiskey is from Holland, Michigan and is a relatively new distillery. If you can't tell from the bottle, I kinda liked this one. The tasting notes are pretty true to form. I did add an ice cube to mellow it out a bit. Lots of vanilla. Overall it was a wonderful bourbon and I do have to tell you that I was a bit surprised. No disrespect intended. I wasn't sure if those Wolverines knew how to make a whiskey. 😁

Hope all of you are having a beautiful weekend. Cheers to you!!! 🥃

Notes from Bourbonbanter.com:

NOSE: Heavy Vanilla  |  Caramel  |  Brown Sugar  |  Rye

TASTE: Vanilla  |  Nuts  |  Caramel  |  Coffee

FINISH: The coffee turned sweet in a lasting finish.

SHARE WITH: People in a blind tasting where several $50 craft whiskeys are involved.

WORTH THE PRICE: The about $50 price range is crowded with craft whiskeys. There are better choices at this level.

BOTTLE, BAR OR BUST: Coppercraft Straight Bourbon is proof that age is just a number. It isn’t a bad whiskey, but this is one I’d definitely try at a bar first so there’s no buyer’s remorse.

OVERALL: In the glass, the Bourbon presents as a very dark amber, leaving a medium-thick rim. Fat, slow legs of whiskey drop back to the pool.

When I brought my glass to chin level, an explosion of heavy vanilla permeated my nostrils. No matter how many times I tried, I couldn’t pick up anything else. However, lifting it to lip level changed things up to caramel and brown sugar. Inhaling through my mouth brought back the vanilla. Raising the glass to just under my nose yielded an interesting rye spice.

The mouthfeel was very thin. At the front of the palate, flavors of vanilla rushed at me. Once I was able to get past the vanilla, I picked up peanuts and caramel, almost like a Payday candy bar. On the back of the palate was oak and coffee.  The coffee lingered into the finish and then became sweet.

Coppercraft has been distilling since 2012. Simple math says that any 10-year Bourbon barrel is sourced. That’s not a bad thing, but it also doesn’t give much insight as to what Coppercraft distills. If you put it up on a blind tasting against many other “craft” Bourbons at the $50 price range, it would get lost. There just isn’t anything special there, age-statement or not. In fact, this Bourbon is proof positive that age is just a number. Try this one at a bar before you commit to a bottle.

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