On the shelf at Great American Craft SpiritsOpen and pouring · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
- Proof
- 97
- Age
- Not stated
- Style
- MaltAmerican Single Malt Whiskey
- MSRP
- $90.00
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“Mesquite-smoked ASM finished in ex-Calvados — Global Cask Normandie”
Tasting notes
- nose
- grilled caramel-dipped apples, sour cherry, and dulce de leche
- palate
- bright citrus up front with lightly smoky pepper across the mid-palate from mesquite malt
- finish
- short-sweet caramel and stone fruit
Mash bill
Full grain split not published.
Lightly mesquite-smoked malted barley — house Del Bac Sonoran Desert single malt mash. Smoke is velvet mesquite rather than peat; Calvados finish layers apple brandy fruit over desert malt.
- Cask
- New American white oak + ex-Calvados finish
- Finish
- Ex-Calvados (Normandy apple brandy) barrels
- Best served
- neat
Why it's craft
Tucson craft ASM with distinctive mesquite smoke and annual Calvados cask finish — desert-meets-Normandy.
Whiskey Del Bac
Corporate-owned · Est. 2011 · Tours
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