Traverse City Whiskey Co. Lakeside Peach is a flavored bourbon made with Michigan peaches and aged for three years. Bottled at 35% ABV, it comes in a 750ml format and retails for $34.99.
Plenty more peach candy arrives on first sip, punctuated by a petrol character that can be a touch off-putting, and which grows in power over time. Fortunately, there’s plenty of peachy-sugary syrup to temper the fuel depot notes, though that leaves the finish feeling more than a little rough and medicinal.
This is far from the worst flavored whiskey I've ever tried. But, there's something about the way the sweet peach-ring flavoring and the tannic backbone of the whiskey seem to be operating independently of one another, almost on two simultaneous tracks that don't ever completely meet. Neither flavor is unpleasant and their combined effect isn't either, but it also isn't really cohesive.
