Ok, deep breath, don’t beat down the rapid aging technology, don’t beat down the rapid aging technology…
Enter Lost Spirits Abomination. Bottled at 57% ABV, it was showcased alongside Rattleback Rye at the recent Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans. What is know about this expression at this point is that it takes a 45-55 ppm imported peat malt, reportedly from Scotland, and throws it into their reactor along with late-harvest Riesling seasoned oak for a run around the rapid aging track.
Information appearing on the Lost Spirits website at this point doesn’t say how long this whiskey is rapidly aged, or what its age equivalent is said to be when held up against traditionally aged spirit. What we can tell you is that Abomination is seen as the “next chapter in the story that began with [their] Leviathan whiskey line in 2012.” That heavily peated grouping of American single malts and its related cousins, pretty much gone from retail now, sprouted an interesting range of bottlings at a time when American single malts were virtually non-existent.
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Color: Auburn to light mahogany
Nose: Peat smoked marmalade
Taste: Opens with sweet marmalade and fresh apricots, but quickly transitions to a classic peated malt profile with deep peat smoke, iodine and chocolate.
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READ THE STORYFinish: Wraps up with lingering coffee, dried apricots and lingering bonfire smoke.
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