Tasting notes

nose

anise, Granny Smith apple and brandied cherry over rye spice, with cracked pepper, vanilla and light citrus

palate

green grape, apple pie and caramel chew, with toasted oak and dried fruit behind a spicy rye grain

finish

medium to long, with heavy rye spice easing into caramel and candied apple

Mash bill

100% Merced rye. This is a California heritage rye that the Souza family grows on its own farm, where it also serves as a cover crop between sweet potato plantings. With no corn or barley in the mash, the grain carries the whiskey alone.

Why it's craft

The Souza family has farmed in California's Central Valley since 1917, and the whiskey is made from rye they grow themselves. The whiskey is 100% rye, from a California heritage variety. The family also plants the rye between sweet potato crops. Corbin Cash began as a sweet potato vodka and is run by the fifth generation of the family.