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Cedar Ridge
2024 The QuintEssential Special Release Untitled Cigar Malt Project American Single Malt Whiskey

Category: American Single Malt Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 57.4%
94 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$99

Cedar Ridge
2024 The QuintEssential Special Release Untitled Cigar Malt Project American Single Malt Whiskey

Category: American Single Malt Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 57.4%
Golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of cocoa and honey granola, dried figs and toffee, five spice, mocha, and pipe tobacco, leather, honey roasted mixed nuts, and and cigar box with a round, vibrant, dry medium-to-full body and a warming, intricate, long finish displaying suggestions of chocolate honey syrup, honey granola and dried red berries, leather and mocha, and well aged maduro tobacco. A big, warming embrace of a Whiskey that holds the ABV extremely well; it’s still young in terms of the barley flavors but the barrel/cask regiment is very complex and well-balanced.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: cocoa and honey granola, dried figs and toffee, five spice, mocha, and pipe tobacco, leather, honey roasted mixed nuts, and and cigar box
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with suggestions of chocolate honey syrup, honey granola and dried red berries, leather and mocha, and well aged maduro tobacco
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Finish Finish: Long
Enjoy Enjoy: neat and on the rocks
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A big, warming embrace of a Whiskey that holds the ABV extremely well; it's still young in terms of the barley flavors but the barrel/cask regiment is very complex and well-balanced.
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The Producer

Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery

The Producer
1441 Marak Rd NW
Swisher, IA 52338
USA
1 319-319-857-4300
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American Single Malt Whiskey

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Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass
About
American Single Malt Whiskey
A newer and still-evolving category, American Single Malt Whiskey must meet the following requirements:

Must be composed of 100% malted barley.

Must be distilled entirely at one distillery.

Must be mashed, distilled, and matured in the United States of America.

Must be matured in oak casks with capacity no larger than 700 liters.

Must be distilled to no more than 160 proof and bottled at a minimum of 80 proof.

Cedar Ridge 2024 The QuintEssential Special Release Untitled Cigar Malt Project American Single Malt Whiskey rating was calculated by to be 94 points out of 100 on 8/28/2024. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.