Way back in early September, the fine folks at Milam & Greene hosted a Zoom event to introduce their most recent whiskey series which they call The Unabridged Volumes. We were lucky enough to score an invite and samples so that we can taste along with Heather Greene and Marlene Holmes, the dynamic duo behind all of the tasty drams we’ve been lucky enough to sample over the past few years.
For The Unabridged Volumes, Milam & Greene gathered a couple more experts to help create this whiskey. Here’s a bit more information for your reading pleasure taken directly from the Milam & Greene website:
To create Unabridged Volume 2, Milam & Greene harvests bourbon that they distilled in the small copper pot still in Texas and in larger column stills in Kentucky, both using malted rye in the proprietary mash bill. Tennessee barrels of different ages add structure and tannins to round out this exciting blend. This cask-strength blend incorporates some of the rarest casks from the distillery’s library.
This beautiful bourbon has fragrant aromas of dark cherry, fig, sweet almond, menthol, fine boot leather, anise, and caramel candy. It is full-bodied with a viscous mouthfeel carrying bold flavors of dark cherry cola notes characteristic of well-aged bourbon followed by dark brown sugar, sweet black tea, marzipan, and oak. The whiskey’s flavor develops into a round smooth oily finish with fresh bread, licorice, and citrus oil. It packs a punch at 58.8% ABV / 117.6 Proof. Let it rest in the glass to breathe for a moment before enjoying it neat, on ice, with a teaspoon of water, or in a cocktail.
Fifty-six barrels were used to create Unabridged Volume 2.
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- 11 Casks of 16 Year Old Tennessee Bourbon Whiskey
- 18 Casks of 7 Year Old Tennessee Bourbon Whiskey
- 5 Casks of 4 Year Old Tennessee Bourbon Whiskey
- 9 Casks of 3.5 Year Old Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey
- 11 Casks of 2 Year Old Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey
- 2 Casks of 2 Year Old Texas Bourbon Whiskey
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How they narrow down their choices to create one whiskey completely boggles our minds. This is why we talk about whiskey and don’t even think about trying to make it. To find out if all this picking, choosing, and blending was worth their time and effort, click play on the follwing video:
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Many thanks to the fine folks at Big Thirst Marketing for sending us this very generous sample!
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