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Smoke Wagon Uncut Unfiltered Bourbon No water added because none is needed. We took the same vintage blending philosophy that we used to create Small Batch except this time the goal was to create high proof bourbon that tasted its best neat. Uncut is so rich and sweet with an unbelievably thick mouth feel the heat and rye spice finish are a welcome addition. It's like milk with cookies!    Blending vintages of our high rye mash bill to achieve this flavor profile at 115-116 plus proof was a very rewarding challenge for us. There is a delicate balance between creamy mouthfeel tannins and sugars that comes into play that makes the end result magical. Older vintages have more evaporation which means a higher concentration of fats and sugars per ounce which gives them a nice creamy mouthfeel as well as caramel and honey goodness. They also have more tannins because alcohol has been in contact with the wood for longer. A lot of what some perceive as alcohol burn is actually a harshness due to tannins. This can counterbalance the benefit gained by the high concentration of lipid esters insulating your pallet from alcohol heat. There needs to be enough of the older bourbon for the oak flavors and mouthfeel but also some younger ones to cut back on the tannins and bring in some delicate fruit and caramel flavors.

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Smoke Wagon Uncut Unfiltered Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Our high rye content bourbon is aged in the heart of a century-old  brick warehouse. To ensure a unique and consistent flavor barrels are hand selected to create a perfect blend that is smooth and at the same time bold and intense.  Released in 2016 our goal was to create a unique great tasting high rye content bourbon. The problem is that rye ages much faster than corn. So while our younger vintages had a big rye spice flavor (which we love) the mouth feel was too thin and it lacked the sweet delicate complexity of a well aged spirit.  Our older vintages had the  smoothness and sweet notes that can only be achieved  by moving in and out of #4 char and caramelized oak for many many years but the nice rye spice had been aged out!   So what to do? Find the perfect blend.  We combined the two. The younger vintages maintain the bold spiciness of the rye cut down on the tannins and keep it fruit forward.  The older vintage brings in a creamy mouth feel with sweet aromas and taste notes that only appear over time from aging in a barrel. We hope you enjoy drinking it as much as we enjoy making it.   Nose : Balanced oak nose with hints of fruit and dried apricots.  Taste : Initial sweet notes on the front of the tongue. Well balanced mouth feel with spicy notes including white pepper on the middle and back of the tongue from the younger vintage and high rye mash bill.   Good balance of sweet and oak flavors including hints of caramel (from the #4 charred barrels caramelized wood sugar) fruit flavor and rye spice. Finishes smooth with no alcohol burn even at 100 proof.

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