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Driftless Glen Distillery

Driftless Glen Distillery
5 Year Reserve Brandy

Category: Aged Brandy

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 46%
88 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$29

Driftless Glen Distillery
5 Year Reserve Brandy

Category: Aged Brandy

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 46%
Gold color. Aromas and flavors of circus peanuts and banana Now & Laters, birch syrup, orgeat, and baked apricots with a velvety, vibrant, dry medium body and a warming, delightful, long finish imparting overtones of walnut, pralines, tonka bean, apricots and figs, and gingerbread. A nice interplay of fruit and barrel that grows on the palate and leaves you with a long finish of warm gingerbread.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: circus peanuts and banana Now & Laters, birch syrup, orgeat, and baked apricots
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with overtones of walnut, pralines, tonka bean, apricots and figs, and gingerbread
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, on the rocks, neat and with drops of water
Cocktail Cocktails: Brandy Alexander, Champagne Cocktail, Brandy Benedictine Cream
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A nice interplay of fruit and barrel that grows on the palate and leaves you with a long finish of warm gingerbread.

The Producer

Driftless Glen Distillery

The Producer

Their Portfolio

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Grape Brandy is Brandy distilled from fermented grape juice or crushed but not pressed grape pulp and skin. This spirit is aged in wooden casks (usually oak) which colors it, mellows the palate, and adds additional aromas and flavors.

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