Tasting notes

nose

mountain strawberry and orange marmalade, with alpine meadow and wildflower honey over vanilla cake and hazelnut

palate

jasmine tea, sage and spruce tips, with orange zest and a bite of pink peppercorn

finish

dry, with lightly bitter candied orange, then oak, spice and an herbal edge as it fades

Mash bill

100% Centennial soft white spring wheat. Centennial is an heirloom spring wheat grown for Laws by the Cody family in Colorado's high-altitude San Luis Valley. With no corn, rye or barley in the mash, the wheat carries the whiskey alone, and Laws says the variety distills into a soft, floral spirit with a bright, clean finish.

Why it's craft

Laws made this the first Colorado wheat whiskey to meet the Bottled in Bond Act: one season's Centennial wheat, one distiller, and seven years in the distillery's own bonded rickhouse. The wheat comes from the Cody family in the San Luis Valley, who also grow Laws' heirloom rye and barley. Al Laws founded the distillery in Denver in 2011, and it has bottled only whiskey it distilled itself.