New Riff 2024 Sour Mash Single Malt, produced in Kentucky, is crafted from five mashbills, including Scotch-style Golden Promise, Belgian-inspired quadrupel and Scottish peated barley malt. Aged at least seven years in seven cask types, it is bottled at a cask strength of 114.5 proof. It hosts a suggested retail price of $69.99.
New Riff Sour Mash Single Malt is a whiskey with a lot to say, but only a limited window to say it all. It’s immediately appealing to fans of bold oak and spice, with enough fruit and subtle sweetness to potentially make ardent bourbon drinkers reconsider malt.
It remains a unique and exciting experience, but I have to say that I enjoyed New Riff’s Single Malt more when I tasted it at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival after a long day of drinking nothing but bourbon and rye, where its uniqueness really stood out against a sea of bourbon’s caramel corn and bold fruit flavors. Still worth your time, however.
