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Jack Daniel’s has been placing out particular launch whiskeys for a couple of years now, and its 2021 launch is a doozy: Coy Hill Excessive Proof, aged on the highest ricks of its oldest barrel homes, that are positioned on Coy Hill, the very best hill on the Jack Daniel Distillery property in Lynchburg, Tennessee. These barrels have been truly aged within the “buzzard’s roost” of rickhouses #8 and #13 — primarily the attic, proper up in opposition to the roof. (In different phrases: The place it’s extraordinarily scorching.)
About 200 barrels have been getting old there since August 2012, making this a 9 yr outdated whiskey. Every bottle is drawn from a single barrel and bottled uncut, at full energy; proofs vary fairly broadly, from 137.4 to a whopping 148.3 — the very best proof whiskey ever launched by JD and one of many highest proof straight whiskey ever launched by anybody within the U.S. (When you’ve seen something increased, please advise within the feedback.) JD has one other 35 barrels which can be even increased in proof, approaching 160, which grasp distiller Chris Fletcher says he’s nonetheless making an attempt to determine what to do with. (By the best way, JD notes: “As a result of excessive barrel energy, the bottle ought to stay upright always except being poured right into a glass for consuming in a accountable method.”)
The liquid, thoughts you, is identical traditional Outdated No. 7 recipe of 80% corn, 12% malted barley and eight% rye, charcoal mellowed earlier than it’s barreled. My pattern is drawn from the very best proof — 148.3* — although a barrel quantity isn’t indicated on the bottle. Roughly 27,000 bottles have been produced.
Ensuring to extinguish any close by flames, let’s give it a attempt.
First, the colour is as darkish as I’ve ever seen in a bourbon: mahogany-hued espresso. The nostril is as scorching as you’d count on, nevertheless it’s surprisingly approachable: richly nutty, peppery, and exhibiting a giant pop of maraschino cherry. The palate surprisingly doesn’t destroy the tongue, providing an instantaneous notice of caramel corn, espresso with cream, and darkish chocolate. Loads of fruit is right here, and it’s brooding: macerated maraska cherries and raisins, all laced with vanilla. The end sees some lingering warmth — cinnamon and purple pepper — and a belly-warming coziness.
Immersive and intense, I went by means of a full glass earlier than realizing I hadn’t even tried it with water. Whereas it’s definitely extra universally approachable this manner, watering down the Coy Hill launch finally ends up providing you with one thing akin to Coy Hill Lite: All of the flavors are nonetheless there, simply not almost as highly effective and pungent, fading only a bit into the background. When you do add water to this whiskey, and I gained’t decide you for doing so, do it one eyedrop at a time.
Fabulous stuff; it’s among the finest releases from JD since at the very least the Sinatra Century bottling. If you’ll find it wherever near the MSRP, seize it instantly.
148.3 proof as reviewed.
A / $70 / jackdaniels.com
* My pattern additionally signifies 73.65% abv, which is definitely 147.3 proof; JD says it’s in all probability 148.3 proof and that the abv is an error — however that there’s a bottle at 147.3 proof on the market, so…
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