Name: James Oliver American Whiskey
Color: Copper
Nose: Cheap, tight, vanilla, corn
Taste: Vanilla, corn, oak/wood, burn finish
Review:
James Oliver American Whiskey is produced by Indio Spirits Company and comes from Portland, Oregon. Portland is an interested place in America right now. Perhaps they need more whiskey, maybe less?
The whiskey is distilled from high rye mash aged in two different barrels. The aging is in ex-bourbon and sherry casks for 2 years and is bottled at 43% abv. I have found conflicting information online about the barrels, char level, and abv.
James Oliver won Best American Whiskey Gold Metal in 2015. For the tasted of this spirit I question if this award was bought and paid for ahead of time. I cannot taste any quality, care, or interested in making this whiskey. It has a very cheap rough taste and cannot taste the sherry finish. It appears to me this is a rushed whiskey with a questionable award.
Priced around $30 and not very good. You can use it as a mixer or in an emergency if a you are bit by a snake.
If you like it, drink it! – Christopher
