Wood’s Alpine Rye (Batch #2)

Now here’s an interesting mashbill: 73% malted rye 13.5% chocolate malt and 13.5% cherry-smoked malt. Nose is an arresting mix of bitter grassy rye and smoky dark chocolate; abrupt but it grows on you. It’s all there on the palate too: rye oil sweet malt cherry smoke pipe tobacco raw oak. This is rambunctious stuff with an intense but not hot finish a very craft-beer whiskey. Unlike similarly shouty bottlings this one has something to say as it shouts.