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1st May 2013 |
Wild Turkey
launches DELICIOUS honeyed flavoured
liqueur in the UK.
 You have
probably noticed the latest craze for
honey flavoured whisky. It seems like
more and more of the big whisky
producers are adding honey,
spice and all things nice to your
favourite whiskies. It is not something
I have looked at and to be honest even
considered looking at but when the
makers of Wild Turkey American bourbon
told me they are introducing a
honey-flavoured bourbon named Wild
Turkey American Honey to the UK this
month and asked me if I would like to try
it, I
thought why not.
I know many
single malt whisky aficionados will
cringe at the very thought of adding
anything to there whisky but these
honeyed whiskies are getting hard to
ignore, I am sure you have spotted the
likes of Jim Beam’s Honey, Jack Daniel's
Tennessee Honey, Bushmill’s Irish Honey
and even the Scotch whisky brands are
joining this honey flavoured whisky
craze with Dewar's recently releasing
Dewar's Highlander Honey in the USA.
So what do they all taste like? I
couldn't tell you but I can now tell you
what Wild Turkey American Honey tastes
like.
On the packaging of the
bottle I received from Wild Turkey there
was big bold writing advising me it was
best served chilled so going against my
better judgement I put it in the fridge
and just to be thorough I also tried it
with ice which I wouldn't dream of doing
with any whisky. Finally I tried it at
room temperature with no added ice, just
as it comes out of the bottle, perhaps
it is the single malt whisky drinker in
me looking for all the flavours of the
the whisky but at room temperature with
nothing added revealed the most flavours
to me, no flavours dulled by chilling or
adding ice.
So what did I find
when served straight at room
temperature? A deliciously sweet
exceptionally smooth vanilla'd bourbon
whisky infused with delicious honey, creamy caramel and lashings of
orange. It is so smooth it is easy to
forget that it packs a punch as it is
bottled at a very drinkable 35.5% ABV
unlike traditional whisky liqueurs which
often are bottled at a much lower
strength.
I have tried this over a few
nights and it is just so moreish and I
think it will appeal to any whisky or non
whisky drinker.
I am not normally
a fan of whisky liqueurs but this has
made me think again, it seems like we
now have a new generation of whisky
liqueurs and going by this one they will
be hard for anyone to resist. Not
something I would reach for everyday but
something different to stick in the
cabinet for when the mood takes me for
something sweet.
American Honey will be touring
University Student Unions around the UK
with a branded American Honey photobooth
and will also be offering the chance to
win a US Road Trip in summer 2013. For
more details go to
www.facebook.com/americanhoneyuk
I am guessing like myself it
has been a few years since most of you
have been in a university students
union, don't worry you will will find
Wild Turkey American Honey available
from whisky specialist shops such as
The Whisky Exchange
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