Corsair Wildfire Whiskey / 50% / 0.75l

Corsair Artisan Distillery was founded in 2008 by two Nashville residents, Derk Bell and Andrew Webber.

Corsair operates two distilleries with different types of stills, one in Nashville, Tennessee, and the other in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The company’s offerings include whiskey, vodka, gin, rum, and absinthe, and the owners are constantly experimenting with new formulas. Corsair Wildfire debuted in 2015 and was the company’s first grain-to-glass whiskey. The whiskey was distilled from barley grown on its own farm in Tennessee and malted with smoked hickory. The entire production run took place at Corsair’s distillery in Tennessee. The batch #9 shown here was 593 bottles.

Nose: hickory smoke, cherry cola, barbecue sauce, caramel, milk fudge, apples, notes of ginger and oak.

Palate : vanilla, burnt sugar, toffee syrup, cloves, black pepper, barbecue chicken and charred oak.

Finish : medium long, with notes of caramel, barbecue sauce, a dash of black pepper and charred oak.