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Bourbon Review: Copper and Kings Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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Bourbon Review: Copper and Kings Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

7 /10
EDITOR
Distillery: ’s notes
Type: Bourbon
ABV: 55.5 ABV); $65/750ml
Price: $65

Bourbon Review is a Bourbon whisky made by ’s notes. ABV: 55.5 ABV); $65/750ml. Our expert rating is 7/10.

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Tasting Notes

Nose

Cinnamon and oak pervade, like a standard bourbon. However, lighter apricot and stone fruit (peach) flavors, and even a little bubblegum mix in.

Palate

s have been trained significantly in the past decade to complex domestic spirit flavors. Joe Heron, founder of Copper & Kings American Brandy Company, wanted to carve a new path for brandy with his company, eschewing the subtle classical flavors seen in Cognac, Armagnac, and Calavados (all traditional French brandies) for something with a bit more bite. “We don’t play by the old rules,” Mr. Heron has said. “We’re looking for the finesse of a brandy with the muscle of a whiskey.” The predominant method for pursuing this flavor is by using Kentucky whiskey barrels and medium-char new American white oak barrels for aging the brandy, to give it significantly more heft than its French counterparts. It is then, with great interest, that I approached Copper & King’s newest release: Copper & Kings

Finish

Comments: Latest On The Whiskey Wash A blend of 5, 10, and 15-year-old bourbons; Finished for 12 months in American Apple brandy barrels; 111 proof (55.5 ABV); $65/750ml

Expert Review

7/10

Copper and Kings Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey from ’s notes offers a solid Bourbon with genuine character. A reliable expression that serves its purpose well.

Joe Whitfield
Joe Whitfield Editor-in-Chief
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