Del Bac "Ode To Islay" A Limited Annual Release Finished in Bourbon Barrels American Single Malt

For years we've released a bold, heavily-smoked American Single Malt inspired by the super-smoky single malts of Islay (ai - luh). Formerly known as Winter Release, we've renamed this classic expression "Ode to Islay." This expression is our way to raise a glass to tradition and pave our own way with Southwestern ingredients – Ode to Islay is heavily mesquited. Not peated. It also joins the Global Cask Collection as a limited annual release like Frontera and Normandie.

On the nose, you may find cocoa nibs, cinnamon, charred mesquite, and earth. On the palate are caramel-dipped apples, sour cherry, and dulce de leche. When neat, you may find soft vanilla up front, blossoming into plumes of mesquite smoke and white pepper, tapering off into soft cinnamon and candied toffee. On the rocks, you may find the mesquite moves to the forefront, contrasting against new notes of vanilla and dried stone fruit. The pepper spice recedes, replaced by notes of honey and butterscotch.