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91Excellent

New Riff 8 Year Old Bourbon

Bourbon New Riff
  • Distiller

    New Riff

  • Bottler

    New Riff

  • ABV

    50%

  • Age

    8 Years

  • Price $60 to $99.99

Produced in Newport, Kentucky, New Riff 8 Years is the distillery’s oldest bourbon to date, bottled at 100 proof without chill filtration. It features a mashbill of 65% corn, 30% rye and 5% malted barley.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 88
  • The Daily Pour
  • By David Morrow
  • This is a treat and an excellent bourbon for any fans of oak.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • Breaking Bourbon
  • By Eric Hasman
  • An excellent showcase of how craft bourbon is coming of age and the rewards it offers to bourbon drinkers.
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  • Raided Score: 95
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Drew Beard
  • Quintessential Kentucky bourbon, and while it’s a little more expensive than similarly-aged offerings from bigger distillers, I’d wager this beats a bunch of them in a blind.
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  • Raided Score: 92
  • Distiller
  • By Jake Emen
  • A lengthy finish continues along the same track, offering handfuls of salty-sweet trail mix, barrel char and oak tannins, orange zest, cherries, chocolate, and fresh mint.
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  • Raided Score: 93
  • Wine Enthusiast
  • By Kara Newman
  • Overall, this is sweeter and richer than most would expect from a high-rye bourbon, but it still has plenty of backbone.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Delicious, intoxicatingly rich nose. Rich vanilla custard meets loads of lemon meringue and cake frosting, plus oak, orange peel, cinnamon, caramel, chocolate shavings, butterscotch and cherries

  • Taste:

    Rich again on the palate with loads of cherry and oak, plus cinnamon powder, birthday cake, cinnamon rolls, tobacco and lots of tannin

  • Finish:

    Heavily oaky finish. Toasted marshmallow, almond, char

  • Overall:

    This is a treat and an excellent bourbon for any fans of oak.

  • Score:

    88

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

  • By David Morrow
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources