Ross & Squibb Grasp Distiller Ian Stirsman has already confirmed he is aware of the right way to mix an ideal bourbon (Repeal Reserve being a specific favourite), however he hasn’t had the prospect to actually innovate a lot in Lawrenceburg. That seems to be altering now with the launch of a brand new experimental sequence from the distillery that can reportedly discover completely different grains, recipes, and maturation methods.
The primary on this line is described by Ross & Squibb as a “completely happy accident,” though I’m undecided the way you unintentionally age a bourbon for 9 years in French oak barrels. And never simply any French oak. Seguin Moreau in Napa, California assembled every cask with staves lower from 200-year-old bushes that have been first air-dried for twenty-four months earlier than being frivolously charred and closely toasted. Let’s test it out.
Remus Grasp Distiller Experimental Sequence No. 1 Assessment
The aroma is dry and woody with darkish baking spice, barrel char, and seasoned oak. Because it opens, extra unique wooden notes arrive with a little bit of cigar field and sandalwood, even some teak oil. Laced all through is a creamy milk chocolate component that provides the one actual indicators of sweetness, accentuating a number of the wooden sugars as issues bloom within the glass.
On the palate, that austerity is basically absent with a silky entry of caramelized sugar, turbinado, and cinnamon syrup. It’s spherical and mouthcoating and properly balanced. The midpalate is oak-driven however nonetheless gently sugary with vanilla bean and cocoa powder notes that give strategy to pralines, chocolate fudge, and clove on a beneficiant, warming end. For an experimental bourbon, particularly an “unintentional” one, it’s fairly the success.
107 proof.
A- / $80
Remus Grasp Distiller Experimental Sequence No. 1
USD80
