cowdery Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I question whether there is really much of a market for such a thing, but Rick Wasmund is making a pretty convincing American scotch (blasphemy, I know). When I first tasted his product, many years ago, it was awful. Another more recent try showed much improvement. I had some this past weekend because I was doing an appearance in Virginia and wanted the group to taste something local. I believe if you poured it for any casual whiskey drinker and said it was scotch, they wouldn't disagree. Again, part of me wonders if we really need American-made scotches, but that's what Rick has been trying to make and with his most recent effort he has succeeded pretty well. If nothing else, it's a way to drink scotch without sending your money any further than Virginia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.B. Babington Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 and at $37 for 96 proof, not a bad price for small production given today's "craft" prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry in WashDC Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 Chuck's post encouraged me to find the Wasmund's SM we bought circa 2008. We have about 3/4 of it left. As I recall, it was not hefty enough for a Lagavulin 16 drinker (my wife) and not charry enough for me (Bourbon, please, with a few charcoal briquettes and leave the bottle). So it sat in the back of the cabinet. While looking for it, I also found a half-full Wasmund's Rye Spirit I'd forgotten about - 124 proof and "less than 30 days old" or so its Jan 2010 label says. Bought it during one of my several white whiskey experimental phases - "they" experimented, and I was a willing subject. As BBB says, Wasmund's prices are competitive with other craft offerings. A bonus for me is that I know that they put out ok products 4-6 years ago. To paraphrase Henry Gibson's character in "Nashville", "They must be doing something right to last . . ." to 2014. Time for a SBS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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