Leipers Fork Bourbon Whiskey Review

Tasting Notes

Nose: Brown sugar, vanilla and milk chocolate, with gentle oak and fig-like dried fruit.

Palate: Rich butterscotch and vanilla lead into chocolate, dried dark fruit and dried citrus, with light cinnamon and oak.

Finish: A long, softly sweet finish of oak, chocolate and baking spice, with mint and cherry notes.

Summary

Leiper’s Fork Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon is a 100-proof wheated Tennessee bourbon made from 70% corn, 15% wheat and 15% malted barley. It is pot distilled, non-chill-filtered and bottled by Leiper’s Fork Distillery; the current official release is stated as five years old, while earlier releases were labelled four years old. Its character is sweet, chocolate-and-oak-led, with dried fruit, citrus and gentle spice.

Interesting Facts

• The official production specifications cite a low 137-proof distillation and 110-proof barrel entry, and state that the whiskey is non-chill-filtered.
• The 70% corn, 15% wheat and 15% malted-barley mash bill makes this the brand’s wheated bourbon, rather than its rye-mash Tennessee whiskey.