Hard Truth
Hard Truth
50%
5 Years
This is one of three bourbons that the Indiana-based Hard Truth Distilling Co. dropped in February 2024, marking the brand's first bourbon releases made from its own distillate. All three expressions are made with Hard Truth's trademark sweet mash method — a distilling process in which each batch begins with entirely fresh ingredients.This bottling has a mashbill of 78% corn, 9% rye, 9% wheat and 4% malted barley (mostly locally grown grains). It has a suggested retail price of $59.99.
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Sweet on the nose with tons of butterscotch and a really distinctive savory cheesecake note, along with candy corn, dusty oak, chocolate caramels, espresso, nutmeg and a dark fruit note, with cherry and plum.
Moderate mouthfeel. Blueberry cheesecake dominates the palate, joined by espresso, cocoa, cherries, a deep maple note, clove, cracked pepper, cinnamon and cola.
Long, rich finish with mocha, vanilla ice cream, blueberries, cherries and pepper.
This is a lovely, distinctive and rich bourbon. Well done, Hard Truth! If this distillery wasn't on your radar as one of the up-and-coming producers to keep an eye on before, on the merits of its rye releases (it should have been), it certainly should be now!
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Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.
