Journeyman Distillery’s Featherbone Bourbon Whiskey (black label) is distilled and bottled in Three Oaks, Michigan. This bourbon is handmade and organically made from locally grown corn from the midwest.It’s balanced out with a healthy dose of michigan wheat to provide a soft sweetness, a dash of rye to provide a little spice, and a bit of barley malt to smooth it all out.
- Appearance: Golden honey, quick and thin legs
- Nose: Floral, tobacco, slight hint of cola on the tail end of the nose
- Palate: Vanilla, tobacco, decent amount of rye spice. Rather thin mouth feel.
- Finish: Burn upfront with lingering tobacco notes.
- Price: ~$49
Wathen's Bourbon is family owned by Charles Medley and his son. However, as of now all their whiskey is distilled for them on contract to a mash bill of 77% corn, 10% rye, and 13% malted barley. With a barley content higher than the rye, I generally will expect a slightly grain-forward profile on the palate. This is certainly placed in a lower rye tranche of bourbons. The age is not specified on this bourbon.
- Appearance:Deep russet and fairly dark in color, this is a rich looking bourbon.
- Nose: Strong notes of vanilla and oak dominate the nose with an earthy quality underlying it.
- Palate: It starts off well enough with cinnamon and vanilla hitting the front of the palate, but that quickly gives way to a very astringent alcohol flavor that speaks of a barrel picked far too soon to be bottled.
- Finish: The alcohol notes continues, unfortunately, but some oak and tannins re-enter near the tail end of this medium-to-long finish. Best served neat.
- Price: ~ $45