Located in the heart of DeKalb, Illinois is a farm and distillery that promotes their "Seed to Spirit" way of life, growing their own grains and completely overseeing the complete process to creat a selection of fine spirits. As midwesterners ourselves, we have an affinity for this team that grows everything that goes into their bottles. They are use John Deere equipment, so there is that admiration as well as our family has been in the John Deere business since 1955.
The Whiskey Acres Bottled-In-Bond Straight Bourbon Whiskey was tasted neat from a 100mL sample bottle. Golden sunset in color, this bourbon has an impressive basket of several aromas after some swirling - cinnamon stick, fresh earth, sweet corn and toasted nuts. It's mouth-coating flavors of vanilla, coconut cream pie, cinnamon, mixed nuts and orchard fruits blend effortless and provide an exceptionally smooth finish - we mean REALLY smooth! The mash bill on this is 75% corn, 15% soft red winter wheat and 10% malted barley. The soft red winter wheat adds to the nuttiness of this whiskey and there is zero bitterness at all.
We will be sharing some additional Whiskey Acres spirits with you soon. This is a great first hand look at what these farmers-turned-distillers are doing!
ABV: 50.0% (100 proof)
Distillery: Whiskey Acres Distilling Co.
Suggested retail price: $54.99
Drink The Bottles score: 93/100
