Full Review

Keeper’s Heart

Keeper’s Heart
Irish + American Cask Strength Rye Blended Whiskey

Category: American Hybrid Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 55%
87 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$44

Keeper’s Heart
Irish + American Cask Strength Rye Blended Whiskey

Category: American Hybrid Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 55%
Gold color. Aromas and flavors of cinnamon and nutmeg, vinyl car interior, and blood orange zest with a round, crisp, dry medium-to-full body and a hot, interesting, medium-long finish with impressions of orange and baking spice, peppery corn bread with citrus honey butter, sea spray, and marzipan. A bold Whiskey with sweetness on the nose and spice on the palate; this should make a solid Old Fashioned.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: cinnamon and nutmeg, vinyl car interior, and blood orange zest
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with impressions of orange and baking spice, peppery corn bread with citrus honey butter, sea spray, and marzipan
Smoothness Smoothness: Hot
Enjoy Enjoy: neat, on the rocks, with cigars and in cocktails
Cocktail Cocktails: Sazerac, Old Fashioned, Manhattan
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A bold Whiskey with sweetness on the nose and spice on the palate; this should make a solid Old Fashioned.

The Producer

O'Shaughnessy Distilling Co.

The Producer

American Hybrid Whiskey

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Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass
American Hybrid Whiskey is a Beverage Testing Institute classification for specialty blended whiskies bottled in the United States. Some spirits producers in the U.S. have started crafting blends of different types or categories of whiskies together to create a unique flavor profile. Examples include products made from Single Malt Scotch Whisky blended with a high-rye Bourbon, or a 50/50 blend of straight bourbon and straight rye. Under federal TTB regulations these whiskies would fall into the 'Blended Whiskey' or 'A Blend of Straight Whiskies' categories , but BTI gives these products the Hybrid Whisky category designation to better capture their producers' experimental intents to delineate them from the younger, lower-priced blended whiskies that often include neutral grain spirits and/or added coloring or flavoring.