Flagship Whiskey Batch 5

This is Flagship #5, and I am not going to lie. I very very very very nearly considered bottling this as a special release. Because it is just such a wonderful whiskey. And, it makes me a little uncomfortable to say that, because I don’t want to come off a certain way. But - here is what I will say about it. We have an amazing team here. And they all work really hard to make the best possible product. And, we all pay attention to the details and make adjustments as needed. And, this is us hitting our stride years ago. Like, figuring out how to work together, how to use our equipment as efficiently as possible. What barrels were our favorites. And what distillation processes worked best. This is our flagship single malt whiskey fine tuned.  Is it worlds different from our previous releases? Absolutely not. I would call it most similar to batch 2 (this one was also finished in Cognac) and batch 4. But - it is more refined in very subtle ways. The nose is what really starts this whiskey o