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Bourbon Review: Delaware Phoenix Bourbon

We review Delaware Phoenix Distillery Single Barrel Artisanal Bourbon, one of the few whiskeys to win a Good Food award.

OVERALL RATING

5
$30.00
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Tasting Notes

About:

This bourbon is 100 proof, pot distilled from corn, rye, and malted barley, aged 8-10 months in new charred oak barrels, minimally filtered, and hand bottled in 375 ml bottles sealed with wax. It retails for $30 – $35 for the half sized bottle.
Appearance:
Deep burnt caramel, orange to marigold, bordering on copper in color, the whiskey has well spaced, fast moving legs, and a thin consistency.
Nose:
This is by far the weirdest nose I’ve encountered on a whiskey! First, herbaceous cucumber and burned lemon rind overwhelm, but are backed by sawdust, astringent chlorine, and a burning, medicinal quality reminiscent of cough drops.
Palate:
The nose doesn’t lie! On the tongue, flavors of sweet honeyed cucumber with potpourri and salted butter take a front seat, while red hots, molasses and a touch of rubber cement underlie, finishing with a fried corn note of Twinkie.
Finish:
Comments:
Honestly, this might be the weirdest whiskey I’ve ever tasted. I loved the refreshingly clean and herbaceous flavors of cucumber, but not the sweet corn flavors, or how these competing tastes combine. Cucumber is not a typical bourbon flavor, and very unexpected. Kudos to Cheryl Lins for forging a trail, but this bourbon is not yet there.

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.

Julia Smith

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