Whippersnapper Oregon spirit whiskey is distilled and bottled by Ransom Spirits and Sheridan Oregon. This whiskey is 63% corn neutral spirits, 21% rise spirits, and 16% barley spirits. What that means is Ransom actually distilled 37% of the juice, and the rest was purchased most likely from MGP. According to their website, “aging takes place in a variety of barrels, including used French coopered pinot noir barrels, new American coopered whiskey barrels, and used American whiskey barrels.” Whiskey is a long term expensive process, and I have no problem with the company being open about doing something with a combination of sourced and distilled spirits matter fact I think it’s pretty darn cool.
Nose is clean, medium intensity, aromas of popcorn, burnt sugar, spice, and sawdust
Palate is medium intensity, smooth, warm texture, with flavors of vanilla, sawdust, caramel, and malted barley.
Finish is medium with some complexity.
For spirit as young as it is this has a rather large variety of flavors. It does come across the little bit youngish on the palate, but overall it’s quite tasty.