- Nose: 22 Palate: 23 Finish: 23 Balance: 22 Total: 90
- Nose: Cocoa
- Palate: Death Wish coffee meets Swiss Miss cocoa
- Finish: Hickory-smoked BBQ sauce and cloves
- Balance: Nice, umami and a little bitterness
- Type: Bourbon
- Age: 4
- ABV: 53.05%
- Distiller: New Riff Distilling
- Where made: Newport, KY USA
- Region: USA
- Approximate Price: $60
- Value: BEST
This single-barrel bottling was made exclusively for the Saratoga Whiskey Club. I was lucky enough to be part of the tasting panel on Dec 17, 2020 that selected this barrel. This barrel was distilled on 1 Nov 2016 and bottled on 23 Dec 2020. The "official" tasting notes: Death Wish coffee meets Swiss Miss cocoa, infused with hickory cherry cola BBQ sauce, umami, lilac, cloves; Pro Clava!