2025 McLaren X Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey
Their third limited-edition whiskey in collaboration with the F1 racing group, 2025 will see the Lynchburg distillery’s whiskey bottled at the next ABV to present a barely completely different flavour and end.
The whiskey begins its life with the identical grain mix of 80% corn, 12% malted barley, and eight% rye. It is usually filtered in the identical manner, distinctive to a Tennessee whiskey, which is thru 10 ft of sugar maple charcoal. This offers it that distinctive mellow smoothness that JD is famend for. Lastly, it’s matured in brand-new, handmade charred American white oak barrels for not less than 4 years.
This 12 months, the bottle and packaging are rather more refined, leaning extra closely to the branding of JD, somewhat than McLaren, which was the case final 12 months. There’s rather more black and white this 12 months, with a touch of McLaren’s papaya orange on the underside proper of the label. A tyre observe by way of the centre of the label completes the look. Personally, I favor this 12 months’s design to final.
As talked about, this 12 months’s launch sees the whiskey bottled at the next proof of 86, giving an ABV of 43%. Common drinkers of JD will know that it usually options an ABV of 40%, or 80 proof. The upper ABV gives extra physique and a richer, extra sturdy and complicated profile.
On the nostril, you get the signature burnt sugary maple vanilla sweetness, mixed with a touch of smoked oak and black pepper. This time nevertheless, you get further caramel notes with a contact of creamy vanilla custard.
On the palate, it is best to get loads of honey and toffee flavours, vanilla ice cream, baked apple pie and custard, and black treacle to start with. There’s additionally a touch of banana and pineapple, roasted oak, and freshly baked cinnamon rolls, full with cream cheese and vanilla frosting.
The end is longer and extra full-bodied than the common Previous No.7. There’s extra caramelised sugar, a whisper of oak smoke, creamy oats, and vanilla ice cream. Take pleasure in vanilla? You’re going to be blown away by this dram.
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