New Riff Single Malt Whiskey (2024)

New Riff's 2024 Sour Mash Single Malt release is crafted from a complex blend of five distinct mashbills and aged in 11 different cask types, melding Old World inspiration with Kentucky’s sour mash tradition. Distilled in our column beer still and doubler, it showcases a rich tapestry of malty flavors, matured to perfection: a bold new chapter in the storied Kentucky whiskey tradition.

THE 2024 BLEND INCLUDES:

• Golden Promise: A classic Scotch whisky malt

• Belgian Quadrupel-style: Inspired by rich, mellow Trappist ales

• Maris Otter: A classic British ale malt

• Barleywine-style: Influenced by high gravity, heavy-bodied barleywine ales

• Scottish peated barley malt: heavily smoked and pungent

BOTTLED AT CASK STRENGTH WITHOUT CHILL FILTRATION

AGED AT LEAST 7 YEARS

114.5 PROOF

57.25% ALC/VOL

TASTING NOTES

NOSE

Broad, deep and heady, with many barrel notes (oaky, sherried oak, toasty); with time, it develops rich malty fruity grains and cacao nibs; a splash of water advances complicated grainy detail, showing grassy-mineral malt, dark fruit, orange-lemon citrus, and a balance of smoke.

PALATE

Straight-up, the oak is forward and layered (oloroso sherry, red wine, brandy, madeira, new oak), chewy texture, and drying but not tannic; with water, a strikingly juicy entry, bright fruit and citrus peel; it is dryish and tinged with sweetening fruits; a BIG Kentucky-style body, savory-soft thick-cut texture with red and dark fruit, cocoa powder, grassy-nutty malt, a shading of sherry oak and a touch of smoke.

FINISH

Exceptionally zesty, the fruited (raspberry, tangerine rind, bergamot-orange) components lifted up, and framed, with the sherry-branded oak, late lemon curd and a kiss of peat smoke.

THE LOT CODE: 24.05.11.07

Each annual release of our Sour Mash Single Malt contains an informational code on the front label. The first pair of digits are the year, 20xx. The second pair indicates how many mashbills contributed to this blend. The third pair is how many individual malted barleys were involved in all the mashbills combined. Examples include Maris Otter, Golden Promise, two-row pale ale malt, Special B Belgian malt, Scottish peated malt, etc. The final two digits are the number of discrete cask types in the aging- for example, used barrels, new charred barrels, oloroso sherry casks, etc.