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Few Spirits White Whiskey Based out of Chicago, Few Spirits White Whiskey is designed specifically to be consumed unaged. Few's White Whiskey has corn and malt on the nose with the slightest suggestion of sweetness. The taste has nice corn flavors with a hint of cherry and a light botanical undertone. Few White Whiskey is very smooth and clean, and there's very little heat or bite to this spirit. Finger Lakes Distilling Glen Thunder Corn Whiskey With 90% of the mash bill coming from corn (the rest is split between rye and malted barley), Glen Thunder has an extremely distinct sweet corn nose. The taste is all sweet corn and it's incredibly smooth, even at 90 proof. Glen Thunder is superb straight, in a cola or even as a replacement for vodka in a Bloody Mary. Doubled & Twisted Light Whiskey Doubled & Twisted is a unique offering in the unaged whiskey space, as it's a spirit that's actu- ally been aged. "The spirit in the bottle has actually been aged in stainless steel barrels for four years, so it's not unaged, it's just unoaked," explains Marko Karakasevic, Master Distiller from Charbay Winery & Distillery. Made from double-hopped, bottle-ready IPA beer, Doubled & Twisted has a bright, hoppy nose. The entry is an explosion of flavor with the hop notes front and center, backed by malty beer notes. There's an undercur- rent of sweetness and a superb finish. 84 / the tasting panel / october 201 1 of spice, citrus and pine that all comes together in a unique, surprisingly complex and tasty spirit. House Spirits White Dog Made from 100% malted barley, House Spirits White Dog is one of the more malty unaged whiskies of the bunch. Bottled at 100 proof, it's got nice body but isn't too hot. It has some sweet fruit notes balanced out with more savory grain notes, and it leaves the palate nice and cool. The craftsman- ship on the distillation is impeccable and it drinks great straight or over ice. High West Silver OMG Pure Rye Whiskey Building on their success with Silver Whiskey Western Oat, High West Dis- tillery has released a 100% Rye Unaged Whiskey. "The OMG is our version of what we think would have been made in the Monongahela region of western Pennsylvania in the 1800s, so OMG stands for Old Monongahela. The history of Old Monongahela Rye is fascinating and deserves to be told and known by all whiskey lovers. But basically OMG was considered the best whiskey in the U.S. at one time," explains High West's David Perkins. At 98.6 proof with 80% rye & 20% malted rye, the High West Silver OMG Pure Rye Whiskey has a lot of spice and character. The nose on OMG is sweet with hints of honey backed by a beer- like grain note. The taste is a nice mix Hudson New York Corn Whiskey Made from 100% New York corn, the Hudson New York Corn Whiskey has a very sweet and distinct corn nose. The taste is pure corn, but more harvest corn than sweet corn. You get some nice earthy corn notes in the mix, almost like corn husk. Bottled at 92 proof, it's got a little kick to it especially towards the end. Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine: Unaged Corn Whiskey Based on an old family recipe, Ole Smokey is reminiscent of the whiskey that has commonly been found in the Appalachian region of Tennessee. Using a family mill, the folks at Ole Smokey grind locally grown corn and then cook it slowly for the genuine "Appalachian Moonshine Taste." Bottled in a Mason jar at 100 proof, Ole Smokey has a bite but doesn't burn. It's also offered in an Apple Pie variety. PHOTO: GEOFF KLEINMAN