Full Review

Laird’s

Laird’s
5 Year Old Apple Brandy Barrel-Finished Corn Whiskey

Category: Corn Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 50%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$39

Laird’s
5 Year Old Apple Brandy Barrel-Finished Corn Whiskey

Category: Corn Whiskey

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 50%
Golden yellow color. Aromas of peanut butter on sourdough toast, corn puff cereal, corn chip, and cement fountain with a supple, crisp, dry-yet-fruity medium body and a peppery, interesting, medium-length candied spiced nuts and green apple, peach-lemon pepper jelly and tea, and peppermint ice cream finish. A full throttled, yet finessed Corn Whiskey that takes you for a fun spin in a muscle car.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Fruity, Spicy & Spirity
Aroma Aroma: peanut butter on sourdough toast, corn puff cereal, corn chip, and cement fountain
Taste Flavor: candied spiced nuts and green apple, peach-lemon pepper jelly and tea, and peppermint ice cream
Smoothness Smoothness: Peppery
Finish Finish: Creamy
Enjoy Enjoy: Enjoy on its own
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A full throttled, yet finessed Corn Whiskey that takes you for a fun spin in a muscle car.

The Producer or Importer or Marketer

Laird & Company

The Producer or  Importer or  Marketer
1 Laird Rd
Scobeyville, NJ 07724
USA
1 732-542-0312

Corn Whiskey

Spirits Glass Glencairn Canadian Straw.jpg
Serve in a Glencairn Ganadian Whisky Glass
Corn Whiskey is a commercial product that must contain at least 80% corn, be distilled at less than 80% ABV (160 proof) and if wood-aged, may be aged in either used or new uncharred barrels.

Corn whiskey was the first truly American whiskey, and the precursor to Bourbon. An unaged, clear spirit, it was the type of whiskey that Scotch-Irish farmers produced in their stills for family consumption or to trade for store goods. When state and federal excise taxes were permanently introduced during the Civil War, most of the production of Corn whiskey went underground to become moonshine, where it has remained ever since. A modest amount of commercial Corn whiskey is still produced and consumed in the South.

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