DISTILLERY NOTES
Harvested from Coldstream valley grain corn, through diligent milling, fermenting, distilling and aging we introduce BC’s first Bourbon-style Corn Whisky, BRBN.
The grain corn is grown just west of our Vernon Flagship distillery, and is milled onsite before being fermented and distilled in our state-of-the-art copper pot flavour stills.
After a carefully monitored distillation process, our BRBN whisky is put down to rest and mature in carefully selected white American toasted oak casks. These heavily toasted honeycomb barrels release a flavour of burnt caramel to finesse the sweet flavour.
BC SPIRITS NOTES
In celebration of Whisky Sour Day, I decided to taste upstairs in Vista 18, the house bourbon style whisky from Okanagan Spirits. Rich and bold with great barrel complexity, not as sweet as American styles but would make a sour sing.
Alcohol - 40% / 80 proof
Color - Copper burnt orange
Nose - Hints of oaky vanilla, complex grain mill and off sweet corn
Taste - Much drier than it’s American counterparts, hints of stonefruit, vanilla, oak and hints of spicy barley balance out the corn bomb
Finish - Deep and complex corn notes with hints of vanilla and oak
Best Enjoyed - Neat or in this case, a whisky sour
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