Maverick Distilling’s new triticale-based whiskey was born from a mistake. After ordering a batch of rye, the distillers found that they had been despatched the similar-looking triticale, a hybrid of rye and wheat. What the hell, the San Antonio-based operation determined, let’s make into whiskey anyway and see what occurs. It’s an unusual grain to make use of for whiskeymaking, although we’ve seen triticale whiskeys from different distillers a couple of instances previously.
Comprised of a mashbill of 72% triticale, 10% barley, and 18% corn, the whiskey aged in 30 gallon barrels beneath Maverick’s downtown San Antonio distillery, a former financial institution vault. After 4 years in barrel, it’s bottled as a bonded whiskey at 100 proof.
We acquired a pattern to attempt, and I’m completely satisfied to report that when you like younger rye, you’ll love Maverick’s Straight Tritcale.
On the nostril, the whiskey is boldly natural, pungent with char, and strongly weedy from begin to end. That’s not a foul factor — these things is a Texas whiskey to its core, evoking the frontier earlier than there was a frontier. The palate doesn’t diverge a lot from the theme, pouring on notes of inexperienced wooden, fresh-cut rye, and dry, toasted oak. A while in glass helps extra nuance to return into focus, together with sweeter toasted coconut, a little bit of orange peel, potpourri, and toasted sesame seed notes. Aggressive however clear, it finishes with sharper tobacco notes and ample pepper, although it by no means comes throughout as notably biting. It’s intriguing as a one-off, however in all probability not one thing I’d flip to as a every day sipper.
If this sounds fascinating to you, I do have some unhealthy information: Up to now just one barrel has been bottled, yielding 66 bottles accessible solely on the distillery or by way of its web site. Extra can be coming, so when you miss it, preserve checking with Maverick for availability updates.
100 proof.
B / $135 / maverickwhiskey.com
Samuel Maverick Straight Triticale Whiskey Bottled-In-Bond
$135
