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Redwood Empire Pipe Dream Cask Strength, 58.4%
Price: ● Issue: Spring 2023 ● Reviewer: Ted Simmons ● Category: Bourbon/Tennessee Whiskey
Spice-driven bakery shop aromas highlight the nose with notes of cinnamon babka, Christmas cake, gingerbread cookies, and powdered sugar sitting alongside a woodsy, pine forest quality. Water brings out toasted coconut and caramelized banana. A creamy and honeyed palate delivers tobacco leaf, vanilla cream, rye spice, cinnamon scone, and bitter chocolate. It’s zippy and benefits from added water. Whipped cream punctuates a lengthy finish Spice abounds on this robust and potent whiskey.