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Bourbon Review: Dragon’s Milk Bottled in Bond Bourbon

We review Dragon’s Milk Bottled in Bond Bourbon, a limited edition American whiskey release from New Holland Brewing that's distilled from a mash bill of 70% corn, 25% barley and 5% rye.

OVERALL RATING

5
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Tasting Notes

About:

About $50 for 750 ml; 100 proof; mash bill of 70 percent corn, 25 percent barley, and 5 percent rye; aged over four years in new American oak.
Appearance:
Cordovan in the bottle but amaretto in the glass. It goes from a rich red to a shinier brown once there’s less of it.
Nose:
Extremely subtle. Quite faint, actually. If we want to continue the loafer metaphor, there’s a light whiff of new shoe leather. Maybe the faintest dusting of peat. It smells like pea flour, actually. And chamomile tea.
Palate:
This starts sweet and bland and ends a little sour. There’s a slight cheesy bit to it too. It doesn’t have the extreme feet cheesiness of the IW Harper that I reviewed back in 2016, but still: This kind of reminds me of that. It tastes like the cheese you cut the mold off of and ate anyway but maybe you didn’t do such a thorough job with that excision, you know?
Finish:
Comments:
Bottled in Bond should mean quality product, and I am not casting aspersions on the quality of this whiskey, but its flavor didn’t sing to me at all. It tastes watered down, and when that’s the best attribute of the flavor train, maybe you should simply disembark and wait until the next train shows up, you know?

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.

Carin Moonin

Carin Moonin swapped a 5th-floor walkup in Hoboken, NJ, for a house in SE Portland a decade ago and hasn't looked back. She appreciates Portland's vibrant whiskey scene, finding it complements both the weather and her mood. Carin enjoys exploring the diverse world of brown liquor and its many facets. Her writing has been featured in publications such as Salon.com, DailyDot.com, Willamette Week, Portland Monthly, and others. When she's not indulging in whiskey or writing about it, you can find Carin running, reading, or on the hunt for free samples in grocery stores.

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