12 Year Whiskey

One trait you don t typically find with bourbon is a wheated grain bill.

12 year whiskey. American spanish and japanese which gives a unique taste. This 86 proof 12 year old rye whiskey is a marriage of whiskeys aged in new american oak and ingeniously finished in port 7 french sauternes 30 and madeira casks 63. Our whisky is matured for 12 years in olorosso european oak sherry and american oak casks before being married by our malt master brian kinsman in specially designed uniquely sized oak marrying tuns for 9 months. In fact they were the first to offer a bourbon with wheat as the flavor grain in the bill as opposed to rye.

We ve taken the elements that are most quintessential in an american rye boldness and character and fused them with the elegance and grace of an 18 year old. Yamazaki single 12 year malt whisky 750ml. Best scotch under 50. It has a delicate mellow taste with a lingering woody dry finish.

Wl weller 12 year. Saz as it s commonly known is one of the older and better rye whiskeys on the market. Vale of yamazaki japan aged in casks of three different kinds of oaks. The 2015 version however is only about 12 years old so it s borderline for this list.

This is a medium bodied whisky with the aromas of dried fruits and honey. This 12 year old expression which took home the gold at the 2018 san francisco world spirits competition is the perfect intersection of price and. The whisky is aged for 12 years in ex bourbon barrels and hogsheads finished for nine months in oloroso sherry casks and then transferred into large tuns to allow the liquid to mingle. Marrying single malt whisky is a tradition we have passed down through generations.

Eagle rare 17 is always a great whiskey showing a standard 90 proof version of a 17 year old product. Bushmills drops a 28 year old cognac casked single malt to launch its rare cask series maker s mark s latest release is a dessert in a glass stranahan s 10 year old mountain angel. The macallan double cask 12 year old 90 points 65 one of the more intriguing recent releases from this venerable brand and number 17 in whisky advocate s 2017 top 20 this speyside single malt marries 12 year old whiskies that were aged in both european and american oak sherry casks.