Middle West Spirits Straight Wheat Whiskey - Review

Middle West Spirits

Straight Wheat Whiskey

Batch 69

Aged 3+ Years

Distilled by Middle West Spirits, Columbus, OH

Mash Bill: 100% Ohio Soft Red Winter Wheat

92 Proof

Retail Price ~$45

Poured neat in a Glencairn

Appearance: Dark Gold

Nose: Flakey pastry. butter cream, vanilla bean and a hint of green apple

Palate: Vanilla custard, toasted sugar, whipped cream

Finish: Delightful warm, medium linger.

Overall: This was my first time trying anything from Middle West Spirits out of Columbus, Ohio, and I was quite impressed. The color on this Wheat Whiskey would make you think the age is around 5 to 7 years, but in fact, it's a 3+ year statement on the label. From my initial nosing, I could tell this was going to be something right up my alley. The flakey pastry and butter cream on the nose pushed way to a whipped cream, creamy creme brulee sweetness on the palate. I was happy with the warm medium linger on the finish as a lot of wheat whiskey tends to fall a bit flat for me. Not this one.

I'd like to take a moment to thank the folks at Middle West Spirits for providing this sample to the Library. As always, all my reviews are honest, never biased or influenced.

Library Rating: 8.2 / 10

Trade-Up Tuesday - Part 15

Since this has gotten a little crazy, I’ll start this segment with what I had in the inventory: 1792 SiB SP, 1792 FP SP, Yellowstone SP, Heaven Hill 7yr BiB, ‘06 Wild Turkey 101 8yr, Old Weller Antique 107, Henry McKenna 10yr BiB, EH Taylor Small Batch, Old Ezra 7yr and an Old Overholt 11yr Rye.

Looking at this list and just realizing it all came from a single bottle of JTS Brown, simply blows me away. So what happens now? Damn right, keep trying to trade…

This week brings a couple trades that kept the dream alive:

A) Old Weller Antique 107 & 1792 SiB SP for a Batch 14 Stagg Jr.

B) Heaven Hill 7yr BiB for Willett 4yr Rye

Only 3 weeks left until this is completed. Stay tuned next week for another great week of trading!

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Trade-Up Tuesday - Part 14

The big question after last week’s trade was, am I going to call it quits after obtaining the Jack Daniel’s Coy Hill? Well, the answer was, let’s keep it rolling along!

As soon as I had the Coy Hill in my possession, the offers began to flood my inbox. I must have sifted through well over 50 in the first couple hours. I also began to realize this next trade wasn’t going to be like the others. The offer that stood out the most to me was the one I went with. It was only after plenty of questions where I asked on my part: “are you sure?” To which the response was, “absolutely, this is something I’ve wanted since it came out.” Sometimes you get an offer you can’t refuse 🤌🏽 So here you go:

Jack Daniel’s Coy Hill was traded for: 1792 Single Barrel SP, 1792 Full Proof SP, Yellowstone SiB SP, Heaven Hill 7yr BiB and a 2006 Wild Turkey 101 8 Year.

My inventory doubled to 10 bottles which stemmed from a simple 15 dollar JTS Brown. Safe to call it a collection now and time to re-focus as to where I want to call this.

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