Once that happened, I was in a better place to taste the whiskey.Įnough of me bitching about what I don’t like, here’s what I do like: this whiskey. I started the playlist & couldn’t make it more than a couple of minutes into the arrangement of “For Whom The Bell Tolls” before I had to stop it & play the original version from Ride the Lightning. None of them wants to hear Metallica with a symphony. I’m a musician, I work with musicians, I have countless musician friends from all genres of music. Further reading explained that this special cask strength release of Batch 106 was to celebrate the 20 th anniversary of the band’s first S&M shows in 1999. When I went to the link for the playlist, the whole thing was their S&M2 album, with the San Francisco Symphony. Furthermore, the whiskey showed up with a card inside that says “Each batch of whiskey has its own Metallica playlist, selected and arranged by the band members themselves.” I’ve been a Metallica fan since I was a teenager, but the whole “Black Noise” concept used in aging derailed me from the moment I learned of Blackened American Whiskey. In the spirit of brutal honesty, I’ll admit that I was set to hate this whiskey from the moment it showed up on my doorstep. So play your music, whatever it is, & sell your bottle with a marketing gimmick that makes the average customer say “hey, that’s cool.” Or, make good whiskey & sell it on that fact, that’s reasonably priced, & it’s readily available. Will it slosh around more, yes, but that’s not the interaction that gives the whiskey its most influential barrel characteristics. I don’t care how loud you play ANY music, to my knowledge it will not affect the temperature of the wood significantly enough to allow the alcohol to penetrate deeper into it. Takeaway: Holy shit, this stuff doesn’t suck! Seriously, if you’re a listener of the Bourbon & Banter Podcast, you know that I have very little tolerance for celebrity whiskeys & ZERO tolerance for marketing bullshit, particularly when it comes to barrels being “sonically enhanced.” $55 for a cask strength American whiskey, at a time when ridiculous pricing is popping up everywhere for some sad shit, is a no-brainer.īottle, bar, or bust: This is an easy bottle rating for me. Worth the price: For me, this is an easy yes. They may think differently after tasting it. Whiskey drinkers who want to #DrinkCurious and those like me, who immediately want to shit on a celebrity whiskey or a whiskey with a big marketing hook. Share with: Obviously Metallica fans are going to be the ones to share this with first and foremost. Taste: Caramel | Cinnamon | Toasted Marshmallowįinish: Black pepper that gets more pronounced by the second with a medium-to-long finish. MASH BILL: Not disclosed - A blend of straight American whiskeys finished in black brandy casks.DISTILLER: Produced by Blackened American Whiskey and bottled by Sweet Amber Distilling Co.
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