Tasting: 2 bottled in bond whiskeys (Grizzly Beast Bourbon, Rocket Top Rye) from Redwood Empire. whiskey bourbon ryewhiskey cocktails
There are so many young-ish distilleries and bourbon-focused whiskey brands on the market, that in recent years I’ve increasingly found myself effectively ignoring certain companies labeled as “up and comers,” at least until they debut their own spirit.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the natural world is the source of inspiration for these whiskeys and their names—they’re both named for trees, with Grizzly Beast being a portmanteau of “Grizzly Giant” and “Mattole Beast,” while Rocket Top is a reference to a 365-foot coastal redwood in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. At this point, both of these batches are now 5 years old, exceeding the 4-year requirement for the federal definition of bottled-in-bond whiskey.
As ever, this kind of release is an important moment in the history of a young distillery, their first true chance to make a statement of principles to the world about how their in-house product will differ from the sourced whiskey they’ve been selling. And I’m happy to report that both of these bottles end up capturing something quite distinctive, although the $90 MSRP for both expressions is a rather bitter pill to swallow.
On the nose, first impression is of heavy rye grain, along with spice, herbaceousness and licorice. Underneath, however, there are other spice notes of a warmer dimension, reminiscent of something almost like cumin, while sweeter impressions then come forward—candied orange peel and heavy vanilla.
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