1257 Kensington Road NW
1 (403) 283-8000 / [email protected]
$82.99
The team at Jack Ryan like to call themselves Whiskey Finishers, as opposed to makers, distillers, what-have-you. They're buying spirit and playing around with maturation and finishing in order to sculpt the whiskey to their vision. It's been done before, but rarely with such candor. Neat to see this level of transparency nowadays. But transparency is meaningless without good whiskey. Fortunately, Jack Ryan seems to have no shortage of that.
This one should have some personality: "aged in bourbon, matured in madeira, finished in imperial stout" casks.
54.9% abv
700ml mlProducer Tasting Note
Nose: Homemade marmalade and the white toast it’s layered on. Candied orange peel, real orange peel, pound cake and panatone. Plain cookie. Cake mix and pith, and with water, orange petals on top of those peels.
Palate: Honey nut cheerios. Bread crust. Bran biscuits, more orange peel, and thick gooey nougat. As with the nose, with water comes orange blossom water – and more cereals and citrus wax.
Finish: Thick frosting, citrus pith, old-school orange sweets and pound cake again. Breadiness and citrus, together at last. Sultanas for a minute straight.