Trail Distilling First City Corn Whiskey

My Price: $39.95

Country/Area: America/ Oregon

Distillery: Trail Distilling

Proof/ABV: 90 Proof/ 45% ABV

Mash Bill: Unknown. At least 80% Corn.

Barrel: Used American Oak/ Finished in used Oregon Pinot Noir Casks

Age: 5 years+

Nose: Hot Dog Buns, grass, grain

Taste: Vanilla butter cream icing, hay, grape jam

Review:

First City Whiskey is an American Small Batch Corn Whiskey. Distilled and aged in Oregon’s “First City”, Oregon City this corn whiskey is aged for at least 5 years before being finished in freshly dumped Oregon Pinot Noir casks before being proofed down to 90 proof and bottled. The wine finish is likely what lends the slight grape jam notes that I get on the tongue. Sweet and approachable this whiskey is different enough to warrant a spot on your bar or in your backpack. Easy to sip and at risk for becoming a “background” whiskey but still complex enough to pick apart and search for different flavors and smells.

My Rating:  Sip.

If you’re going to have one Corn Whiskey in your bar, make it this one. Smoother and more complex than a mellow corn or the unaged “moonshine” styles of corn whiskey albeit a bit more expensive as well.

Rating scale:

-Spit: Don’t bother with this one. If a friend gives you a dram of it, are they even your friend?

-Shoot: Good enough to get you drunk.

-Sip: Tasty enough to enjoy neat or on the rocks.

-Stock: I’d recommend keeping a bottle on hand.

May the miles you hike be filled with wonder and the glasses you raise be filled with whiskey.

Cheers!