Roughstock Montana Whiskey

[IowaJeff]

I recently opened a bottle of Roughstock. The bottle I got is barrel proof at approximately 126. It is another in an ever increasing line of very young American single malts. I don't have it in front of me, but it was aged for a very short period of time in new charred oak.

Roughstock has a good flavor and shows some promise. It quenches my occasional hankerin for that smoky, earthy, single malt flavor. It is not nearly as good as Stranahan's, which has layers of sweet, bourbony, banana bready flavors on top of the single malt flavor. Roughstock is more one-note and stripped down than Stranahan's.

I've had quite a few young 'craft' distillery products and overall I tend to enjoy the young single malts much better, despite my usual strong preference for bourbon. A single malt in a new barrel presents flavors unique from bourbon and scotch. Roughstock is a good, not great, example of this. With a bit more time in the barrel it could turn into something special though.

[silverfish]

RoughStock Distillery

According to David Driscoll at K&L, this is a 100% wheat mash whiskey.
Has anyone else tried this 90 proofer and care to comment on how it
stacks up against other wheaters?

Further searching shows a 124.2 proof version (assuming the sellers
website is accurate.)

[IowaJeff]

I think the wheat one is a special release or a new product from them. The bottle I had was definitely not wheat. I'd like to give the wheat variety a try though. From the little I know about Roughstock, it appears that they are doing it the right way-making it themselves, local ingredients, experimentation.

[cowdery]

"Wheater" is what we call wheated bourbon. Let's not start using it to mean wheat whiskey white dog, or whatever this is. (Website not much help.)

[David D]

I put a picture of the bottle up on the blog. Proof is 90.

http://spiritsjournal.klwines.com/kl...-tastings.html

[Lost Pollito]

These will be open at the chicago get together.

[cowdery]

"Wheat Mash Whiskey" suggests light aging in used barrels. I assume there's no age statement, formal or informal.

[IowaJeff]

I'll check my bottle of the 'regular' Roughstock when I get home. I want to say it was aged for 8 months or something like that. I don't know if that will be the same for the wheat Roughstock though.

[silverfish]

"Wheater" is what we call wheated bourbon. Let's not start using it to mean wheat whiskey white dog, or whatever this is. (Website not much help.)

Didn't mean to imply this was a "wheater" but rather wondered
how it tasted compared with "real" wheaters (Wellers, MM, etc.)

[cowdery]

Didn't mean to imply this was a "wheater" but rather wondered
how it tasted compared with "real" wheaters (Wellers, MM, etc.)

That's my point. Wheat whiskey and wheated bourbon ('wheater') are completely different animals.