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American Single Malt Whiskey

Category: American Single Malt Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 45%
88 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$39

Fifty Star
American Single Malt Whiskey

Category: American Single Malt Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 45%
Golden amber color. Grainy, piney, earthy aromas and flavors of caramel and vanilla, play doh, butter cream and ginger, and toasted orange zest with a velvety, vibrant, dry medium body and a tingling, interesting, medium-length finish revealing notes of malted grain husks, coconut butter and nougat, white button mushroom, and sesame oil and black tea. Youthful on the nose with a bit of heat but this also shows a lot of potential for the category and will please those that like the taste of barley.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: caramel and vanilla, play doh, butter cream and ginger, and toasted orange zest
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of malted grain husks, coconut butter and nougat, white button mushroom, and sesame oil and black tea
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, on the rocks and with cigars
Cocktail Cocktails: Sazerac, Old Fashioned, Manhattan
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Youthful on the nose with a bit of heat but this also shows a lot of potential for the category and will please those that like the taste of barley.
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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.

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Fifty Star American Single Malt Whiskey rating was calculated by to be 88 points out of 100 on 9/22/2023. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.