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83Very Good

The Reverend Sour Mash Whiskey

American Whiskey The Reverend
  • Distiller

    Various

  • Bottler

    Call Family Distillers

  • ABV

    45%

  • Age

    4 Years

  • Price $30 to $59.99

The Reverend is a new brand from Call Family Distillers in North Carolina. The name is an homage to Reverend Daniel Houston Call, who the brand claims was a mentor to Jack Daniel and a friend of Nathan "Nearest" Green. Apparently, Call owned a stake in the Old No. 7 Distillery but gave it up to be a preacher. As a nod to The Reverend's ties to Jack Daniel, this whiskey is filtered through maple charcoal in true Tennessee and Jack Daniel's fashion. Distilled from a mashbill of 76% corn, 19% rye and 5% malted barley, The Reverend Sour Mash Whiskey is a blend of whiskeys from North Carolina, Kentucky and Indiana. It's aged between four and six years and bottled at 45% ABV.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 80
  • The Whiskey Wash
  • By Nino Kilgore-Marchetti
  • The flavors don’t harmonize for me all that well, and I can’t say it’s one I’d spend a lot of time telling the backstory on to others.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • Whisky Advocate
  • By Julia Higgins
  • Coffee and caramel kick off the palate, which is incredibly spicy—though not unpleasantly so—and also yields saltwater taffy, vanilla bean, and salted chocolate-chip cookie
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  • Raided Score: 80
  • The Daily Pour
  • By t8ke
  • This is pleasant and a great first look at a totally new brand! Hope to see more from The Reverend soon.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Sweet cream and honey, light peanut brittle, caramel and toffee. Pleasant nose with no sign of youth.

  • Taste:

    Pleasant on the palate with a nice mouthfeel. A hint of youth and a prickle of ethanol despite a low ABV of 45%, but it’s pleasant and sweet, loaded with honey and peanut brittle, butterscotch and light tobacco.

  • Finish:

    Moderate finish, sweet oak, fresh honey, some pepper and a bit of clove here.

  • Overall:

    This is pleasant and a great first look at a totally new brand! Hope to see more from The Reverend soon.

  • Score:

    80

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

  • By t8ke
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources