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Review: Dogfish Head Samba Amburana 4 Year Old American Single Malt

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  • Tzvi (Todd) Wiesel is the Co-Founder & CEO of BAXUS, a whisky investor and trader, focused on fine and rare bottles and casks.
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Tasting Notes

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Dogfish Head is traditionally known as a brewery, but they started to experiment with spirits a few years back, and decided to throw a curveball with their first 4 year old American Single malt finishing it in Brazilian Amburana oak.
Appearance:
Cut Hay
Nose:
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Palate:
Faint ginger on the very front palate which opens up into baking spice, not cinnamon, but more of a nutmeg that evolves into wood spice.
Finish:
Long lingering cinnamon finish
Comments:
Dogfish Head is best known for its beers. It is a bold move for them to release their first 4-year-old whiskey as an Amburana finished single malt, but it paid off! Unlike the typical overpowering cinnamon flavor that Amburana oak imparts the malted barley created space to form a more subtle banana flavor. The cinnamon only really rears its head on the finish. Something worth seeking out for a twist on both single malt and Amburana.

Editor’s Note: This whiskey was either bought as a sample by The Whiskey Wash or provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Per our editorial policies, this in no way influenced the outcome of this review.

Tzvi (Todd) Wiesel

Tzvi (Todd) Wiesel is the Co-Founder and CEO of BAXUS, an on-chain whisky marketplace. With years of experience in the industry, Todd is passionate about whisky investmemt and trading, as well as trying new whiskies wherever possible. Todd is the head of our US reviews team and is based in New York.

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