88
Score
Golden Gate Single Cask Mizunara Cask, 55%
Price: ● Issue: Spring 2021 ● Reviewer: Ted Simmons ● Category: American Whiskey
Made from 80% malted barley and 20% malted rye and aged in a stainless-steel cask with toasted mizunara oak staves and heads. Divisive among tasters, with mint chocolate chip ice cream on the nose, with saltwater taffy, dried apple rings, and seaweed. The palate diverts from the striking nose with dried tobacco, stroopwafel, and caramel M&Ms. The finish is bitter but bright, with lemon and new oak. A highlight of the inventiveness among America's craft distillers.
