St George Spirits / Baller Single Malt

St George Spirits

Baller Single Malt

ABV 47%
REVIEWED Issue 146

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Specifications

Brand: St. George
Expression: Baller Single Malt
Type: USA Whisky / Single Malt
Age: No Age Statement
Year of bottling: 2017
ABV: 47%
Country/Region: USA
Bottling type: Standard (Distillery or blended)

Tasting notes

Taster Rob Allanson

Nose: Seriously different. Icing sugar, Danish pastries, a little acetone, apricot jam and sourdough bread. Seems to have malt notes in there too – loaf with butter.
Palate: Marzipan with cherries, chocolate fondant and then almost a black banana note. Something very viscous and winey about it too, fresh leather, but also wood shows its hand. Burnt corn.
Finish: Like a warm English bitter, malt and hops.
Comment: A curveball of a whisky but worthy of attention, lots of layers to it.

7.8

Taster Laura Foster

Nose: What an aroma – as expressive as aromatic white wine – a classic Gewurtztraminer. Big, flowers, spice and a soupcon of soil. Cut oak and dried apricots.
Palate: A light oily film sits atop a puddle. All that Gewurtz character comes through – the white flowers, the spice – before a funky green note. Someone added a handful of sticky hops.
Finish: Hops, flowers and sawdust linger.
Comment: Incredibly unusual single malt. Interesting, but not something I could drink in vast quantities. ‘Curiouser and curiouser,’ cried Alice.

7.2

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St. George Spirits Distillery, 2601 Monarch Street, Alameda, CA, USA

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