Mike And Matt Taste Fiddler Georgia Heartwood Single Barrel Wheat Recipe Bourbon

This Bourbon is made by the ASW Distillery in Atlanta, Georgia. The distillery was founded by Jim Chasteen and Charlie Thompson and their Master Distiller is Justin Manglitz. I had heard good things about their whiskey so I bought this bottle online. It is Bourbon Whiskey refinished with hand-harvested charred oak staves. I liked it but Matt thought it was a bit too smokey for his taste. Here are our tasting notes.

Fiddler Georgia Heartwood Single Barrel Wheat Recipe Bourbon

Proof: 116

Age: No Age Statement

Nose:

Mike: Caramel, wild berries, baking spices, smoke and oak.
Matt: Strong oak and firewood smoke, caramel and not much else.

Taste:

Mike: Caramel, blackberries, cinnamon, smoke and oak wood. Tasted with a dried cranberry and the cinnamon is enhanced. Tasted with a pecan and it becomes very smoky with a hint of chocolate added to the mix.
Matt: Caramel, burnt peanuts wood smoke and oak wood. The dried cranberry enhanced the caramel. The pecan enhanced the oak and smoke.

Finish:

Mike: Long with oak wood, smoke, cinnamon and lingering caramel. The dried cranberry made the finish a bit one dimensional with oak wood and smoke with just a hint of cinnamon. The pecan made the finish long and dry with oak wood smoke and a hint of dark chocolate.
Matt: Long with lots of oak wood. The dried cranberry added burnt peanuts to the finish. The pecan made the finish long and very dry with oak wood and burnt peanuts.

I would pair this Bourbon with a cigar that has a lot of tobacco and vanilla in the smoke. I would reach for a NUB Habano cigar.