Hugh Hamer Double Oaked Bourbon & Hugh Hamer Rum Finished Bourbon

I’d like to thank West Fork Whiskey in Indianapolis, IN for providing these review samples with no strings attached.

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Indianapolis is an easy city to drive through. Four separate Interstate Highways converge here, and with a beltway loop as part of the Interstate system, navigating through the city is quite straightforward. I know this because I’ve driven through Indianapolis on the way to other destinations more times than I can count.

However, there has only been one time that I’ve actually spent any time in the city itself. As much as I might wish it was because my beloved Golden Gophers made it to a Big Ten title game, that’s sadly not the reason I visited (and, unfortunately, I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for that to happen anytime soon either). The one time I spent an afternoon in the city, we visited the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and took a tour before continuing on to our destination in another state. Once again, I was just passing through.

I’ve spent so little time in Indianapolis that I used to joke it wasn’t even real—that it was just a figment of our collective imagination. After all, other than being an oversized crossroad, what’s the draw if you’re not there for sports or a convention? Plus, it seems almost unnaturally situated at the exact geographical center of the state. Cities don’t usually pop up where there aren’t any navigable rivers, at least not when it was founded. It’s a bit unnerving.

Of course, I’m joking, but until now, I’ve only seen Indianapolis as a milestone on a road trip to somewhere else. It reminds me too much of my home here in Minnesota to make it a place worth visiting without a specific reason. But if I ever find that reason (maybe if my Gophers ever improve their football team to the point where I have an excuse to travel… sigh), I now know of someplace worth checking out.

Tonight, we’re looking at two bourbons from West Fork Whiskey Company, a craft distillery in the area. They produce two lines of whiskey. One, the West Fork Whiskey line, is grain-to-glass, distilled in-house. The other, which we’re focusing on tonight, is the Old Hamer line, sourced from MGP in southern Indiana. They use MGP’s 99% corn/1% rye mash bill to create this line. The two bottles we’re examining are from their barrel-finished Hugh Hamer line extension. Both are non-chill filtered, aged between four and six years, and bottled at 103° proof.

Let’s dig in.

Hugh Hamer Double Oaked

Purchase Info: This bottle was sent at no cost for review purposes. It is available on the brand website for $64.99 for a 750 mL bottle.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $4.33

Details: 51.5% ABV. 4- 6 years old. Mash bill: 99% corn, 1% malted barley.

Nose: Caramel, cherry, leather, and wintergreen.

Mouth: Spicy cinnamon, wintergreen, caramel, oak, and a touch of cherry.

Finish: Warm and of medium length. Notes of cinnamon, cherry syrup, dusty oak, and wintergreen.

Thoughts: Pretty darn tasty. It's spicy and sweet with nice oak and cherry notes throughout. I wasn't sure what to expect with a 99% corn mash bill, but I am really enjoying it. Quite good.

Hugh Hamer Rum Finish

Purchase Info: This bottle was sent at no cost for review purposes. It is available on the brand website for $64.99 for a 750 mL bottle.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $4.33

Details: 51.5% ABV. 4- 6 years old. Mash bill: 99% corn, 1% malted barley.

Nose: Sweet ginger and molasses. It's like a cookie.

Mouth: Funky rum and tropical notes are layered over traditional bourbon notes of caramel, baking spice and oak.

Finish: Warm and of medium length with notes of dusty oak and rum funk.

Thoughts: This is also really tasty. I really enjoy the addition of rum funk to bourbon and often will add a touch of Jamacan Rum to a glass if I want something a little different. This is even better as the rum influence is more subtle than my relatively heavy mix. I like this one too.

In fact, if you mix the two together, they are even better yet. Really enjoying these two.

BourbonGuy.com will be off next week as we are on a real vacation with just the two of us. I won’t be traveling through Indianapolis this time and, sadly, won’t have the opportunity to visit West Fork Whiskey. But you can be assured that the next time I pass through, I will be stopping.

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Penelope Toasted Rye Whiskey

I’d like to thank ByrnePR and Penelope Bourbon for providing this review sample with no strings attached.

It's a good day today. I think I have the anniversary trip for my wife and me planned out. Just need to run the last bit past her. Yesterday, I reached out to Delta about why I was bumped off our direct flight to one with a layover, and they responded by changing me to a flight on a different day where I wasn’t sitting by my wife. Not at all what I was asking for, and after speaking to a manager, I decided to cancel the flight and move on from Delta for a while. So now: road trip. Not as rough of a timeline as last time, nor as long of a drive, so it should be okay.

But like I said, it's a good day. Not only did I get that pesky anniversary trip planned, but the sun is out! I swear, after a drought the last two years, Mother Nature is making it up to us by giving us all the rain we missed and then some. And though I’m glad I do not need to water the garden, I am very glad that I can see the sun today. Minnesota gets gloomy enough with our nine months of gray winter skies.

The final reason it’s a good day is I get to write about a delicious rye whiskey today. And as you can see from the photo above, I’ve been enjoying the heck out of this one. But before we get into the tasting notes, let’s take a look at what the company has to tell us about this one. They went through all the trouble of giving us all the geeky data, we might as well read it. But first, the marketing speak:

Our Toasted Series is a testament to the power of serendipity. When we began to explore toasted finishes, we weren’t expecting each barrel to be so different — so we decided to embrace this variety of chars and toasts that make every bottle in our Toasted Series truly one-of-a-kind.

After full maturation in charred new American oak barrels, we finished 100% straight rye whiskey in a new, freshly toasted barrel.  While it can be hard to predict the flavor profile of each bottle in our Toasted Series, the deep notes of vanilla imbued by the toasting process add another dimension to our signature flavor profile.  Whether you’re into a Heavy Toast or Lighter Char, our Toasted Series truly offers something for everyone. 

That’s the serendipity of Penelope.

Now onto the good stuff. This rye whiskey is made from MGP’s 95% rye mashbill (it took me a couple of minutes to understand that the “100% straight rye whiskey” in the marketing speak above was just saying “no additives” and not referring to the mashbill). The whiskey was aged for six years before being put into a second barrel that was charred to a level two and toasted to a heavy toast level. This is the second release of Toasted Rye and has a suggested retail price of $74.99.

Penelope Toasted Rye

Purchase Info: This bottle was provided at no cost for review purposes. The suggested retail price is $74.99 for a 750 mL bottle.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $5.00

Details: 6 years old. 50% ABV. Mashbill: 95% rye, 5% malted barley.

Nose: Cinnamon, spearmint, cedar, and honey.

Mouth: Strong, but not overpowering, oak hits first with notes of cinnamon, dark chocolate, caramel, mint, and cedar following after.

Finish: Bright and vibrant with medium length. Notes of cinnamon, mint, and cedar.

Thoughts: I like this one. It's hitting all my favorite rye notes like mint, cedar, and cinnamon. There is just enough oak to support the delicious rye notes without taking over. There is some sweetness to it, especially when consumed out of a rocks glass rather than tasted in a Glencairn. Overall, I really like it.

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Penelope Rosé Cask Finish

I’d like to thank ByrnePR and Penelope Bourbon for providing this review sample with no strings attached.

Hello, my friends. I hope you all made it through another explosive holiday with all your fingers intact and a lot of barbeque in your belly (whether your preferred definition of that word is smoking or grilling). As I was watching a bunch of very large and frightened dogs, I had neither the ability to enjoy the explosions or some barbeque. Alas, such is the life of a dogsitter on a holiday weekend.

But one thing I did enjoy was a bit of bourbon. After all, it’d be a bit silly to celebrate the birthday of the United States without indulging at least a taste of its Native Spirit. I wasn’t, however, enjoying tonight’s whiskey, preferring something a bit more traditional while my wife was away. But once she got home, we got down to tasting the samples that came in while she was gone.

So, let’s talk about this bourbon from MGP’s Penelope brand. As always, this is a blend of different mashbills, some using rye as a flavoring grain and others using wheat. This is how they get to what they call their Four Grain bourbon. The composite mashbill works out to 74% corn, 15% wheat, 7% rye, and 3% malted barley. The component bourbons were aged between four and five years in barrels with a number 4 char level (number 2 on the barrel heads). According to the brand website, the blend was then finished for about four months in “French Grenache Rosé Wine Casks from the Southern Rhône region of France” before being bottled at a non-chill-filtered 94° proof.

Let’s see how it tastes.

Penelope Rosé Cask Finish

Purchase Info: This sample was provided for review purposes at no cost. The suggested retail price is $49.99

Price per Drink (50 mL): $3.33

Details: 47% ABV. A blend of three bourbon mash bills. Composite Mashbill: 76% corn, 14% wheat, 7% rye, and 3% malted barley. 4- to 5-year-old bourbon finished in Rosé casks for about four months.

Nose: Vanilla sugar, dried grains, and cherry.

Mouth: Fruity and biscuity with supporting notes of caramel, vanilla, and baking spice.

Finish: Medium length and warmth with notes of caramel cherries, buttermilk biscuits, and baking spice.

Thoughts: It took me a bit to warm to this one. I was fairly neutral at first as I processed the combo of red fruit and biscuits. But as I did the tasting, I ended up liking it more. My wife give it an unwavering like, I'm on the fence between like and neutral. So I'm giving it a smile. I like it, just not as much as my wife.

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Penelope Bourbon: Architect Build 10, Barrel Strength Batch 18, and Toasted Bourbon Batch 24-301

I’d like to thank the folks at Penelope Bourbon and their PR team for providing this review sample with no strings attached.

A couple of weeks ago, I got a fun package from the founders of Penelope Bourbon sharing the newest batches of three of their four core expressions. Two of which, we’ve never looked at before. And since we’ve got a lot to cover tonight, let’s skip the usual blathering and jump right into the bourbons, shall we?

Penelope Toasted Series Batch 24-301

Description from the Producer: Our Toasted Series is a testament to the power of serendipity. When we began to explore toasted finishes, we weren’t expecting each barrel to be so different — so we decided to embrace this variety of chars and toasts that make every bottle in our Toasted Series truly one-of-a-kind. After full maturation in charred new American oak barrels, Penelope Bourbon is finished in a new, hand-toasted barrel. While it can be hard to predict the flavor profile of each bottle in our Toasted Series, the deep notes of vanilla imbued by the toasting process add another dimension to our signature flavor profile. Whether you’re into a Heavy Toast or Medium, our Toasted Series truly offers something for everyone.

Purchase Info: This sample was sent by the producer for review purposes. The retail price on their website is $69.99 for a 750 mL bottle.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $4.67

Details: Mash Bill: 75% Corn, 21% Rye, 4% Malted Barley, 50% ABV. Char Level: 5. Toast Level: Heavy. 4 years old.

Nose: Bubblegum, honey, and a faint note of nutmeg.

Mouth: Cinnamon, nutmeg, honey, and bubblegum.

Finish: Medium in length and warmth with sweet notes of honey, bubble gum, and cardamom.

Thoughts: If you are a fan of bourbons that are bubblegum/almond forward you will love this one. I'm reading it as bubble gum and honey with various baking spices. It isn't hot but has a nice flavor. I like this one.

Penelope Barrel Strength Batch 18

Description from the Producer: Penelope Barrel Strength is bourbon in its purest form. Completely uncut and non-chill- filtered, our barrel strength bourbon is just as delicious and even more powerful than our signature Four Grain blend. Each batch of our Barrel Strength is blended from three bourbon mash bills and aged in hand-selected new American oak barrels, imparting notes of caramel syrup and subtle barrel char and pushing the boundaries of our Four Grain’s balanced flavor profile.

Purchase Info: This sample was sent by the producer for review purposes. The retail price on their website is $65.00 for a 750 mL bottle.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $4.33

Details: Mash Bill: 80% Corn, 8% Rye, 9% Wheat, and 3% Malted Barley. Blend of three straight bourbon mash bills distilled in Indiana. 57% ABV. Aged 4 to 6 years.

Nose: Strong caramel notes start you off. Followed by notes of oak, vanilla, red fruit, and cinnamon.

Mouth: Whoo that's warm! Follows the nose though the emphasis is different. This starts with hot cinnamon candies followed by sweet caramel, vanilla, and oak.

Finish: Warm and on the longer side of medium with notes of cinnamon red hots and honey.

Thoughts: This is a nice, hot bourbon. Though not nearly as hot as you'd expect a 114° proof bourbon to be. You could drink this neat with little trouble if you are comfortable with triple digit proofs. I really like it. When we looked at this last year, it was batch 14. I was a big fan then and I still am. I’d buy a bottle of this without hesitation.

Penelope Architect Build 18

Description from the Producer: Architecture is defined as the the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings. Using those same principles, we wanted to build new and distinct flavor profiles that same way an Architect creates new innovative structures. Working in collaboration with Tonnellerie Radoux of France, the market leader in oak barrel manufacturing and innovation, we use French oak staves and their their state-of-the-art OakScan® process to build a truly precise flavor profile within every bottle. After all, the best architecture leaves no room for error. (Editorial note: OakScan is a process used to measure the tannin level of a particular piece of wood that was developed by Tonnellerie Radoux.)

Purchase Info: This sample was sent by the producer for review purposes. The retail price on their website is $65.00 for a 750 mL bottle.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $4.33

Details: 75% Corn, 15% Wheat, 7% Rye, and 3% Malted Barley. Straight bourbon whiskey finished with two different types of French Oak Staves. Delicate Stave (low tannin content) and Intense Stave (medium tannin). 52% ABV. Aged 5 years with 6 weeks of finishing.

Nose: Dried grains, toffee, bubble gum.

Mouth: 1980's Baseball card bubblegum, floral vanilla, allspice, and oak tannins.

Finish: Medium in length and warmth. Notes of baking spice, toffee, vanilla, and oak.

Thoughts: Are you too young to know the wonderful flavor of baseball card bubblegum from the 1980s? Think hard bubblegum mixed with a little wax and cardboard. Sounds terrible, right? But weirdly I always enjoyed it. I've gotten this note on other whiskeys before but in this case, I'm not sure it is working for me. There is nothing wrong with the bourbon. It just isn't hitting right for me. I'm going to give this a neutral rating.

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Coppercraft Straight Bourbon Whiskey

I’d like to thank Coppercraft Distillery and their PR folks for providing this review sample with no strings attached.

I know it doesn’t seem like it from the outside, but I don’t accept every sample request that comes my way. I run everything through a filter of “Will anyone be interested in this?” before I say yes to an offer of samples. Most of the ones I turn down are regional craft distilleries that don’t have a wide distribution or are just another bourbon that was “Distilled in Indiana.” The draw of a sample isn’t the free whiskey—don’t get me wrong, that is a nice perk—but instead, the idea that I can give some insight into things that you guys might be searching for.

That’s how this one ended up on the “yes” pile. Sure, it might be “Distilled in Indiana,” but it was being pushed by a big PR agency. And I know this one does a pretty decent job of getting the word out to people. So, it is my guess that you guys have been or will be seeing this brand pop up on your feeds. You might even be searching Google looking for a review to see if it is any good. And so it makes sense for me, helpful dude that I am, to let you know if I like it and if it is worth the asking price.

So let’s get into it, shall we?

Coppercraft is a craft distillery in Holland, Michigan, a small city on the shores of Lake Michigan. It was founded in 2012 and produces Gin, Vodka, Applejack, Rum, sourced Bourbon, and a Rye that is a blend of sourced whiskey and its own in-house distilled rye. Of those, the Rye and the Applejack are most interesting to me. And as that rye looks to be distributed here in Minnesota, I’m sure you will be seeing it show up here in the future.

But we are looking at the bourbon tonight. According to the Coppercraft website, this is a blend of four- and nine-year-old Indiana bourbons that are then left to mingle in a barrel for three additional months before bottling. This is an interesting idea, but an idea will only get you so far, so let’s see how it tastes.

Coppercraft Straight Bourbon

Purchase Info: This bottle was provided by the producer at no charge for review purposes. The suggested retail price is $49.99.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $3.33

Details: 48.5% ABV

Nose: Red fruit, oak, caramel, and vanilla.

Mouth: Cinnamon, red fruits, caramel, vanilla, and oak.

Finish: Warm and medium to long. Notes of leather, cinnamon, caramel, and oak.

Thoughts: This is pretty damn good. I expected as much when I saw" Distilled in Indiana” on the label, but it is always nice to have confirmation. At $50 per bottle, you will need to decide for yourself if a sourced whiskey is worth that to you. I can tell you that it has a pretty stereotypical" Bourbon" flavor profile, which is nice. That’s the profile I fell in love with when I got into bourbon and the one I turn to most often when I buy bottles that aren’t just for website content. I like it.

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Smooth Ambler Old Scout Bourbon, Aged 7 Years

I’d like to thank Smooth Ambler and their PR folks for providing this review sample with no strings attached.

Hey there, folks! So we are looking at a bourbon put out by a distillery in West Virginia tonight. I don’t have a lot to say about West Virginia, personally. I’ve driven through a few times, stopped at a few places, and spent the night at a couple of others. It is beautiful country, but the last time I spent the night there, the hotel advised me not to drink the water and to limit showers to the shortest duration possible due to pollution in the city’s water supply. And, well, that basically sums up my thoughts on West Virginia.

Luckily for us, this bourbon comes from Indiana. They don’t say which distillery in Indiana, but since it uses the same Mashbill as MGP’s “36% Rye” bourbon, I think we can safely assume the origin. Which is great, because MGP makes very good boubon.

Smooth Ambler distills their own whiskey as well, but they had breakout success with their curated line of Old Scout transparently-sourced bourbons and ryes back in the early 2010s. And that Old Scout line continues today with the reintroduction of a seven-year-old expression of Old Scout Bourbon. Available in stores throughout CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MD, MI, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, WI, and of course, WV, this bottle’s suggested retail price is about $65 and is bottled at 99° proof. According to the Smooth Ambler website:

When we started “scouting” for whiskey in 2011, we wanted to find worthy whiskey we enjoyed, bring it to West Virginia, and blend and bottle alongside the whiskey we made at home. In our humble (*cough*) opinion, Old Scout became the standard for sourcing whiskey by being transparent, bottling deliciousness, and sharing it widely. Well, it turns out folks liked it, and we’re very proud we get to keep the practice going. That’s exactly what led us to the legendary Old Scout 7.

So, since we haven’t looked at anything from Smooth Ambler in a while, let’s see if they still have their sourcing and blending chops, shall we?

Smooth Ambler Old Scout Bourbon, Aged 7 Years

Purchase Info: This bottle was sent by the producer at no cost for review purposes. The suggested retail price is $64.99 for a 750 mL bottle.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $4.33

Details: Distilled in Indiana. 7 years old. 49.5% ABV. Non-chill filtered. Mashbill: 60% Corn, 36% Rye, and 4% Malted Barley.

Nose: Oak, brown sugar, bubble sum, and a touch of spearmint.

Mouth: Spicy and oaky with notes of cinnamon, vanilla, almond, and oak.

Finish: The flavor blossoms immediately upon swallowing. It is medium to long and warm, with notes of bubblegum, cinnamon, vanilla, and oak.

Thoughts: Dry and oaky in the mouth. Vibrant and flavorful on the finish. This bourbon is “saved” by the finish. The mouth is nice enough but unremarkable. The finish, however, is where this shines. Which, if I had my choice, is where I'd want it to be. I spend more time with the finish when I drink whiskey than I do with the mouth. All in all, this is a really good whiskey. I like it.

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Penelope Cooper Series: Rio

I’d like to thank ByrnePR and Penelope Bourbon for providing this review sample with no strings attached.

Her name is Rio, and she dances on the sand
Just like that river twisting through a dusty land
And when she shines, she really shows you all she can
Oh, Rio, Rio, dance across the Rio Grande
—Chorus to Rio by Duran Duran, 1982

I am highly suggestable to earworms. It can take as little as two words out of a 1980s sitcom theme song to have me singing it for the next two weeks. And for some reason, the more annoyed I would be by the song, the easier it seems to lodge itself in my brain. I sometimes even get two earworms competing in my brain and I hear first one and then the other.

I really hate earworms. My wife thinks it is funny to trigger them in me. Thank goodness she has other, more redeeming qualities.

As you might guess from the fact that I placed the chorus at the beginning of the post, Rio by Duran Duran has been lodged in my brain all week. It’s not that I particularly dislike the song (or at least I didn’t pre-earworm), but I have been looking at this bottle for the better part of a month, so it was bound to happen. So, to not give the song any more oxygen, let’s move on to the whiskey.

Rio is the latest release in Penelope Bourbon’s Cooper Series. We looked at another a couple of months ago when we looked at the Tokaji Cask Finish Rye. Similar to that, this is a non-chill filtered and barrel-finished whiskey. In this case, it used Penelope’s blended four-grain mash bill of 74% corn, 16% wheat, 7% rye, and 3% malted barley, and the bourbon was finished in two barrels. One that previously contained honey and one that was made of Amburana, a Brazilian hardwood.

Here’s what the company has to say about this edition of Rio:

“Our latest Rio release is a party in a bottle – the finishes complement each other so well, resulting in a fun and surprising mix of flavors,” said Michael Paladini, founder of Penelope Bourbon. “This year’s release delivers a dessert sweetness combined with a nice baking spice on the finish. It's a fantastic and different combination of rich and sweet, with depth.”

I have to agree. This thing is so sweet that I honestly could have been convinced it was a liqueur. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s get into the tasting notes.

Penelope Cooper Series: Rio

Purchase Info: This bottle was provided by the producer for review purposes. The suggested retail price is $89.99 for a 750 mL bottle.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $6.00

Details: 49% ABV. Cask-finished in both honey barrels and Brazilian hardwood casks. Mash bill: 74% corn, 16% wheat, 7% rye and 3% malted barley.

Nose: Honey forward with toffee and a savory herbal note.

Mouth: Sweet with a thick mouthfeel. Notes of honey, cinnamon, anise, and other baking spices.

Finish: Vibrant, spicy, and sweet. Notes of honey, spicy cinnamon, caramel, anise, and cocoa.

Thoughts: Very tasty, especially if you are a fan of honey like I am. To me, this is like a pre-mixed old-fashioned or a spiced baked good. Very sweet with lots of baking spice. Don't grab this if you want a stereotypical bourbon. But if you want something a bit different, I'd highly recommend this one.

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