The finish isn’t particularly noteworthy, but this is a clear spirit so it’s not a big deal. This slight earthiness may come from the wheat and/ or barley. It sort of makes sense given how neutral and pure potatoes can be, but I also recognize that it’s a little strange to have gotten that. After “chewing”, that pureness and light corn flavor carry-on, but I also get potato. On the finish, a lightly corn sweetness and minerality linger. It’s not that complex or really anything like bourbon, but I like drinking this nonetheless. At 40%, it’s super easy to drink, yet oddly enjoyable for me as well, aided by the nicely round viscosity.
In a lot of ways, this tastes like biting in a fresh and juicy corn on the cob. After “chewing” I taste fresh and pure mashed corn / creamed corn-like flavors that are a little sweet, minerality that you sometimes get in bottle water, hint of earthiness and grassiness possibly from the secondary grains, and virtually no heat. Again, it’s not that complex, but I still find it oddly interesting and refreshing to taste. 40% ABV new make sounds like a recipe for disaster, but it’s far from it with Flying Ace White Dog.įlying Ace White Dog again has this really nice and sweet mashed corn flavor with a slightly bitter earthiness and grassiness, as well as this bright and gentle minerality. At 40% ABV, the scents are not aggressive at all, which was probably the right move when it’s being sold to a broader audience, not just a whiskey nerd like myself who wants to be abused by the higher ABV. The 70% bloody red butcher corn is really the star, as I don’t get much of the secondary wheat or barley. It all sounds weird, but it also has a clean and fresh spring water vibe that sounds bad for white dog, but I swear that’s a good thing. It’s just sweet corn, a minerality that’s sort of like fresh water, and an earthiness almost like stone. Swirling brings out more of these fragrant, fresh, and pure scents, for a lack of a better term. You could even say it smells more like sake than pre-whiskey. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not necessarily all that complex, but I’m so drawn to how fragrant and fresh that corn smells, and it still holds up well at 40% ABV. It has really nice malted and sweet corn scents, and slight earthiness and grassiness like plant stalks. I actually think that Flying Ace White dog is quite fragrant, although not in the traditional bourbon sense. I purchased my own bottle of the white dog, so all opinions are still my own. Thank you to Hadi for inviting me out to check out the grounds and sample the beer and whiskey.
This is a pretty interesting approach, so let’s find out what the initial white dog is like in this Flying Ace White Dog review. Since bourbon takes a while to age, Flying Ace has also released their homemade distillate for everyone to try, which is quite rare for any distillery to do these days. Flying Ace has taken it upon themselves to grow bloody butcher corn on their sizeable plot and use that unique grain for their whiskey, food, and even as a lingering byproduct in the pipes for beer (the beer is delicious by the way). For a number of factors, including commercialization and efficiency, heirloom corn types were replaced with other types of faster growing and higher-yielding corn. Bloody butcher corn is an heirloom corn variety that used to grow in Virginia among other places, and is called that because the kernels have a blood-like red color, while the corn you usually see is yellow or white. This corn is very unique, and you can learn more about it here. This brings us to this review of Flying Ace White Dog, their new make made from 70% bloody butcher corn grown on site, and wheat and barley from elsewhere.
As of mid-2021, the brewery and distillery are up and running, meaning there’s delicious beer to drink (thumbs up to the pilsner) and homemade distillate to be sold and aged. Flying Ace is a new brewery and distillery out in Loudon County, Virginia, close to the West Virginia and Maryland borders, that opened up in April 2021.
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