Aged between 8 to 13 years (blend)
Aged in a mix of American oak casks with different finished (see bottom of posts for more infos)
Price : $130-$150 (USD)
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Blood Oath is one of the release Lux Row Distillery produces. It is a sourced whiskey, which means they buy the whiskey they like, then blend it, create a whole new whiskey, bottle it, and then we buy it
Lux Row has been around for more than 40 years, including with the famous Rebel Yell and Ezra Brooks, and in 2015 they had two big announcements : the 1st release of Blood Oath and the creation of their own distillery.
Now opened (2018), Lux Row will finally release their own whiskeys soon enough !
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Color : deep amber, mahogany.
Nose: baking spices, vanilla, toasted almonds.
Palate: lots of wheat, more spice and light tobacco, brown sugar .
Finish : medium/ long , more brown sugar and slight oak at the end.
Comments : I more so compared this to the No.4 , the No.5 had a more oily mouth feel bit the general palate is incredibly similar. Large burst of vanilla and spices .
The No.5 is a blend of 13 yr mahogany Bourbon, an 11 year wheated lastly an 8-year find, finished in Caribbean rum barrels to impart orange.
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Thanks to : Cask Cartel for the sample!