Chattanooga 1816 Reserve Small Batch Solera Barrel Finished Bourbon Whiskey

Currently, Chattanooga Whiskey Company has three labels: 1816 Reserve, Cask, and Single Barrel. The two former are reviewed here. They all use the same grain bill: 75% corn, 21% rye, and 4% malted barley. They are aged both in new American charred oak barrels, and then bottled based on character, typically predicted by their position in the barrelhouse.

Chattanooga 1816 Reserve Small Batch Solera Barrel Finished Bourbon Whiskey Tasting Notes

Nose: There are notes of freshly cut apple, zucchini bread, milk chocolate, and vanilla bean.

Palate: A light-medium body. A candied apple sweetness emerges, and is followed by raw wood and a very present bitterness.

Finish: It finishes pretty fast, but leaves the wood and bitterness in the upper register as the final impression.

Distillery Information

The Chattanooga Whiskey Company is a producer of bourbon whiskey and "Tennessee High Malt" bourbon whiskey, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The company was founded by Tim Piersant and Joe Ledbetter. The 1816 brand was launched in April 2012,[1] and the company simultaneously announced its intention to help change local distilling laws. The launch met with some initial criticism, primarily due to where the product was made (contract manufactured at MGP/LDI of Indiana), but Hamilton County laws prohibited the manufacture of "intoxicating liquors" at the time.[4] Local public awareness eventually became a catalyst in galvanizing support to change Prohibition-era distilling laws. In March 2015, the company opened the first legal distillery in Chattanooga since Prohibition. The first experimental whiskey, "Batch 001: Tennessee High Malt", was released in August 2017.

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