In this week’s tasting, Fred analyzes Privateer Rum, a Single Batch Spirit pick from Seelbach’s, who also worked with @Bourbon Pursuit and Breaking Bourbon to pick this week’s Kentucky bourbon pick–Wilderness Trail, Bourbon Community Round Table. Links for both are below.
In their annual Peat monster release, Westland sends a meaty American Single Malt Whiskey, available exclusively at the Seattle distillery. Matured in a French Oak puncheon (a first for Westland), this year’s release boasts a single vision, a single cask. “Cask 3369 marks our first foray into French Oak with its precise tannins and herbal spice,” explains Westland’s blender Shane Armstrong. “The cask was constructed to wine industry specifications; its medium toast and absence of char layer gives the spirit a distinctly weighty mouthfeel.”
And last but not least Three Chord 12-year-old Blend of Straight Bourbons offer quite the surprise. This is the brain child of Neil Giraldo, a masterful musician who’s won five Grammy Awards and is married to Pat Benatar.