Tasting notes

nose

sweet butter, ginger, cinnamon, mahogany leather, vanilla, and breakfast cereal

palate

cookie sweetness with gentle peppery rye, caramel, and toasted oak

finish

soft spice and corn sweetness that hold an Old Fashioned

Mash bill

72% corn, 21% rye, 7% malted barley — corn sweetness with a clear rye backbone and malt structure. Current flagship mash (distinct from Watershed's earlier four-grain/spelt era); sell the Columbus grain-to-glass 4-year story, not a sourced blend.

Why it's craft

Columbus independent distillery; Midwestern grain-to-glass bourbon core with serious finishing R&D behind it.