Tasting Notes: Aged 0 Weeks

With my whiskey barrel sitting full of water, there's nothing to drink around here. Besides the unaged bourbon mash itself! Okay, so really it turns out that it tastes like crap, but I'll try to write it up in the snooty style you find in tasting reviews...

The liquid is gin clear, as you would expect. All of a whiskey's color is imparted by the aging process, so anything ready for barreling should look like water.

The nose on this moonshine is clearly not water. The aroma is fruity, but very sugary like bananas or an unfired crème brûlée.

I hosted a whisky tasting over the weekend and we interjected the white dog, but this turned out poorly. In hindsight it was probably unfair to the unaged spirit. Upon retasting, I find the palette unoffensive but just that. This is still akin to moonshine, and the taste is stinging and sharp despite the fruit undertones still present. The finish is warm with pepper, of moderate length.

I suspect I'll not regret the decision to age this mash.