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Bourbon Review: Easy Rider Straight Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey

We review Easy Rider Straight Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey, a sourced bourbon label produced by Hood River Distillers out of Oregon.

OVERALL RATING

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Easy Rider Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Tasting Notes

About:

This four-year-aged offering is 80 proof and “blended with glacier-fed spring water from Mount Hood”; prices around $25 per 750 ml bottle.
Appearance:
This whiskey has a clear, golden-brown hue. The bottle has rounded shoulders and a cork/wood top in the return-to-rustic fashion many distillers are turning to these days. The black label feels like dry pleather and is embossed with metallic lettering.
Nose:
One of the faintest scents you’ll ever encounter in a whiskey with just the slightest whiff of general sweetness.
Palate:
A dominantly sweet, vanilla flavor suffuses this smooth whiskey. It has a tongue numbing, cinnamon touch that snowballs into a pleasant burn at the back of the throat. Slight, peaty bitterness rounds things out in an agreeable manner.
Finish:
Comments:
While it is easy to poke fun at the brand image Hood River Distillers is going for, this is still a great, safe everyman whiskey that doesn’t disappoint. Its smooth sweetness is sure to agree with many mouths and mixers.

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.

Sam Moyle

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