Woodford Reserve Cherry Wood Smoked Barley Review

Here we have the 12th release in the master s collection series from woodford reserve.

Woodford reserve cherry wood smoked barley review. Thanks for watching the scotch test dummies. This marks the 12th release in woodford s limited edition series and according to the company it pays tribute to past distillery industry leaders oscar pepper and james crow. In this expression chris morris used malt that been smoked in cherry wood. The concept this year.

Pours a light and sunny glowing copper color complete with sturdy cascading legs and a wobbly posture showing viscosity. Rather than using natural malted barley which is used in woodford reserve bourbon master distiller chris morris modified the grain recipe by selecting malt that had been smoked with cherry wood during the kilning process. Woodford reserve master s collection cherry wood smoked barley. Made from 30 barley.

Rather than using the natural malted barley used in woodford reserve bourbon master distiller chris morris instead selected malt that had been smoked with cherry wood. We are independent reviewers. Not only that while most american bourbons contain around 10 15 malted barley this one contains an impressive 30. The malted barley used in the mash for this particular expression was dried using the smoke from burning cherry wood.

For its 2017 limited edition master s collection bourbon the 12th in the series woodford reserve has gone a little bit off the script. The mashbill was comprised of two grains 70 corn and 30 malted barley.