100% Wheat Whiskey - Dry Fly

[Jono]

Ok Stu..just to tentatively advance the alternate Wheat Whisky topic...

http://www.scotchwhisky.net/grain/grain1.htm
http://www.planetwhiskies.com/grainwhiskies.html
http://www.royalmilewhiskies.com/cat...?cat_id=W_GRAI

The links above do not specify by grain type.
How is a Scotch single grain different from a U.S. or Canadian etc...are the grains roasted over peat? The lowland product I would expect to be lightly peated at most.

It would make for an interesting tasting...going from domestic to import wheat whiskeys / whiskys.

[Jono]

Here is another wheat grain "spirit" unaged ..by Koval

http://www.koval-distillery.com/prod.../midwest-wheat

I have not tried it.....their product offerings look very intriguing...will have to taste some.

It is described as having a very Banana nose and palate of cantaloupe and dried fruit...odd.

[CaptainChunk]

I picked up two bottles of this on Aug. 7th, the day it came out. The distillery sold out of 250 bottles in 90 minutes and I'm pretty sure the entire WA state sold out within a few hours. I was super lucky to even get the two bottles I did get.

[libertybar]

Well, I was able to get my hands on a few bottles, and I have to say... it's not bad. In fact, it's a pleasant, light 100% Washington wheat whiskey. It was bottled at 80proof, so they stretched the batch for sure, but I'd say that it's a good whiskey to include to your collection to stand next to the Bernheim.

The longer Alcohology blog post about it is here, but over all, I'd say that I look forward to their batch a few disbursements from now (November/December is the next release of this 14month, 15gallon batch), when these smaller barrels will give way to the larger 53gallon barrel which will be at least two years old.

[silverfish]

I received the following e-mail from Dry Fly:

"The next release of Dry Fly Washington Wheat Whiskey
will be on Saturday March 27th at 8 am. A limit of 1 bottle
per person will be in effect. The retail price will be $45.70
due some changes in Washington's pricing policy.

A limited number of cases will also ship to the Washington
warehouse, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, California,
and Arizona."

[silverfish]

More info on the latest release:

As a reminder, we will release batch 3 of our wheat whiskey
on Saturday March 27th at 8 am at the distillery.

The following Washington Liquor stores will also receive the
allocated number of cases per the WSLCB:

10-Store 46 - Seattle 7th and Bell
5-Store 65 - Spokane 3rd Ave.
5-Store 185 - Spokane Mission and Division
5-Store 101 - Seattle 4th Ave. South
1-Store 11 - Olympia

[CaptainQ]

Thanks for the info. I'm in Seattle so I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

[silverfish]

Latest update:

"Please note that the WSLCB Stores will not receive product by
Saturday March 27th, the date of the release at the distillery.
You can call the stores to confirm their delivery date."

[silverfish]

June update:

"We will release Dry Fly Wheat Whiskey Batch 4.0 on Saturday
June 12th at 8 am. As always, we limit the release to one bottle
per person, per space in line.

We will also release cases (IN LIMITED NUMBERS) to the Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, and Montana liquor systems. As we receive that info,
we'll post it!

For those who can't make this release, we'll have release 5.0 in mid
July. We should have a Wheat Whiskey release every month for the
rest of the year..."

Man, I'd sure like to try some of this stuff...

[TheGentleman]

i just picked up a bottle from batch 6 tonight at a local liquor store in Kentucky. I lived in Spokane for a while and really enjoyed Dry Fly's gin. This should be a real treat considering I have a soft spot for the Northwest. I'll report back on what I think of their juice.