The American bachelor of the new Riff is stellar

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If you follow American whiskeyyou know that American Single Malt is now officially recognized category After receiving his long -awaited TTB designation last December. It was excellent news for the many craft distilleries that have been making this whiskey style for decades and inherited distilleries that recently obtained on board. It was also good news for New riffA relatively young Kentucky distillery which is known for its excellent bourbon and bottled bottled and which also makes some of the most interesting and tasty single malt in the country.

A few weeks ago, New riff has published the third version of its American single, and there are subtle but important differences between this new whiskey and past iterations. The release in 2025 is a mixture of three different mashbits, all 100% malted, as is now required by law, with final makeup as follows: 41% Maris Otter (an English beer from the 1960s), 18% Scottish barley and 41% Orleywine style malt. Whiskey was placed in six different types of barrels at 110 evidence and aged for seven to 10 years: a new charred oak, grilled and toasted bourbon barrels, bourbon barrel barrels shredded and raised, oak barrels from Wine French. The final mixture was delivered in second -hand barrels for three months to get married together, and the whiskey was bottled without filtration for the force of the barrel of 115.2.

There are some similarities between New riff single malt and distillerie whiskeys renowned as Westland,, StranahanAnd Virginia Distilling Co., But this new expression stands out from the pack. Like these other operations, New riff Do not only count on a new charred oak, the backbone of Bourbon, to mature its single malt. Instead, he turns to a range of different types of wood, and the effects of this complex barrel makeup, as well as the different types of malted barley in the mashbill, are the key to the success of whiskey. The first sips leads with notes of rich chocolate and espresso in the mouth and nose, but those who evolve quickly and expand in flavors such as the candied orange, the cherry coke, black pepper, caramel, oak, cocoa powder, leather notes and just a little smoke from the small amount of whirlwind in the mixture. It is a big daring whiskey that begins and ends a little hot due to the proof, and it is the one that requires repeated visits to take full advantage and understand its complexity.

Do I prefer this single malt to the New Riff's Bourbon and Rye Whiskey? No, but I really don't prefer any American single to a bourbon or a complete rye. However, the third version of New Riff is really excellent for several reasons – it does not have a taste for hopic beer (as some American singles tend to do so), it is not finished in the point of being unrecognizable, and it does not follow the model of maturation of bourbon which sometimes gives a taste of American single, finally, a bit like Bourbon. This is a really interesting and remarkable example of this category of newly recognized whiskey of one of the leaders of the new Kentucky distilleries school, and I can't wait to see how it continues to evolve in the coming years.

Score: 91