Branch Point Distillery Single Pot Still Whiskey 750ml Bottle

Tonight’s dram takes me (virtually) to the northwest, to Branch Point distillery in Oregon. Like many of the American malts, it is aged in new charred American Oak casks (as opposed to used bourbon casks, which are typical of scotch malts). The Single Pot Still opens with dark chocolate, black cherries, and molasses, followed by toasty oak, dark thick caramel, and cocoa powder, then a good dose of freshly-cracked black pepper and a not-quite-burnt caramel flavor. It is like crawling inside a molten-lava black-forest cake with warm caramel-cream dripping from every nook and cranny. The thick creamy mouthfeel and clingy legs deliver a medium-long cocoa-caramel-molasses finish that begs for another sip…and another… and… Drink slow, drink long, drink a variety, drink often.