BOTTLE DETAILS
- DISTILLER: Black Feather
Whiskey (sourced whiskey from MGP)
- MASH BILL: 70%
Corn |
21% Rye | 9% Malted Barley
- AGE: Two
years (a blend of two and three-year selections)
- YEAR: 2018
- PROOF: 86 (43%
ABV)
- MSRP: $29.00
NOSE: Ethanol
| Nutmeg | Vanilla | Oak | Citrus
TASTE: Corn |
Pepper | Clove
FINISH: Short,
except a light spiciness returned and left almost as quickly as it came.
SHARE WITH: Folks
who utter "and Coke" after whiskey or Bourbon.
WORTH THE PRICE: $30 is the
lower price for “craft” whiskey. I still wouldn't pay that.
BOTTLE, BAR, OR BUST: Perhaps
if you're looking for a mixer, this could be a buy, but quite frankly, I don't
use anything in a cocktail that I don't enjoy drinking neat. At best, this is
something to try at a bar in a cocktail. It is a Bust, folks.
OVERALL: I'm
always excited to #DrinkCurious. When I was first approached to review Black
Feather, I'd never heard of it, so I jumped at the chance.
Black Feather is a younger,
MGP-sourced Bourbon. It comes in a lovely presentation, using a heavy bottle
with “Black Feather” embossed in the glass, a thick paper label, and a wax top.
My bottle is from Batch 1.
When I attempted to open
the bottle, I first noticed that the expected tab to break the wax was missing.
I wound up using a knife. If I had read the hang tag, I would have learned the
proper method to simply twist the cap until it broke the seal. As such, if you
casually toss the hang tag, you'll miss this necessary instruction. That's not
a knock on the whiskey itself; instead, I view it as a faux pas by the design
team.
In the glass, the
appearance was a lighter amber that bordered on gold. It left a thin rim that caused
fat legs to fall back into the pool.
I had to leave my glass
alone for almost 15 minutes just to get past the ethanol to perform a proper
nosing. Even then, it was still dominating. When I held the glass at chin
level, aromas of corn and nutmeg presented. At the lip level, vanilla and oak
became evident. A very light citrus was just under the nostrils, behind the
still-existent ethanol. When I inhaled through my lips, pickled ginger was the
only thing I picked up.
The mouthfeel was thin and
slightly coated. Up front, the palate was all corn. It took a few sips to get
the palate acclimated to the corn to discover what was hidden underneath. Those
subsequent sips led to an almost stale spice that eventually became a mix of
pepper and clove.
The finish was short and
left little to describe. However, when you think it is over and done with, it
repeats with a light spice before vanishing again.
Overall, there is nothing
noteworthy about Black Feather. Despite giving it plenty of opportunities, it
was nothing more than mediocre. I've got several bottom-shelf Bourbons that
soar above it.
My Simple, Easy-to-Understand
Rating System
- Bottle = Buy It
- Bar = Try It
- Bust = Leave It
Whiskeyfellow encourages
you to enjoy your whiskey as you see fit but begs you to do so responsibly.
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