Again, it’s not that complex, but I still find it oddly interesting and refreshing to taste. 40% ABV new make sounds like a recipe for disaster, but it’s far from it with Flying Ace White Dog.įlying Ace White Dog again has this really nice and sweet mashed corn flavor with a slightly bitter earthiness and grassiness, as well as this bright and gentle minerality. At 40% ABV, the scents are not aggressive at all, which was probably the right move when it’s being sold to a broader audience, not just a whiskey nerd like myself who wants to be abused by the higher ABV. The 70% bloody red butcher corn is really the star, as I don’t get much of the secondary wheat or barley. It all sounds weird, but it also has a clean and fresh spring water vibe that sounds bad for white dog, but I swear that’s a good thing. It’s just sweet corn, a minerality that’s sort of like fresh water, and an earthiness almost like stone. Swirling brings out more of these fragrant, fresh, and pure scents, for a lack of a better term. You could even say it smells more like sake than pre-whiskey. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not necessarily all that complex, but I’m so drawn to how fragrant and fresh that corn smells, and it still holds up well at 40% ABV. It has really nice malted and sweet corn scents, and slight earthiness and grassiness like plant stalks. I actually think that Flying Ace White dog is quite fragrant, although not in the traditional bourbon sense. I purchased my own bottle of the white dog, so all opinions are still my own. Thank you to Hadi for inviting me out to check out the grounds and sample the beer and whiskey. This is a pretty interesting approach, so let’s find out what the initial white dog is like in this Flying Ace White Dog review. Since bourbon takes a while to age, Flying Ace has also released their homemade distillate for everyone to try, which is quite rare for any distillery to do these days. Flying Ace has taken it upon themselves to grow bloody butcher corn on their sizeable plot and use that unique grain for their whiskey, food, and even as a lingering byproduct in the pipes for beer (the beer is delicious by the way). For a number of factors, including commercialization and efficiency, heirloom corn types were replaced with other types of faster growing and higher-yielding corn. Bloody butcher corn is an heirloom corn variety that used to grow in Virginia among other places, and is called that because the kernels have a blood-like red color, while the corn you usually see is yellow or white. This corn is very unique, and you can learn more about it here. This brings us to this review of Flying Ace White Dog, their new make made from 70% bloody butcher corn grown on site, and wheat and barley from elsewhere. As of mid-2021, the brewery and distillery are up and running, meaning there’s delicious beer to drink (thumbs up to the pilsner) and homemade distillate to be sold and aged. The spiritual home of British motorcycling and cafe racers, traffic light heroes, and ‘out to the Hanger Lane roundabout and back before the record finishes’ riders, London’s legendary Ace Cafe, and the timeless biker attitude to speed that made it famous, are now commemorated with an one-off Triumph limited edition motorcycle the Bonneville T120 Ace.ĭelivered with a numbered certificate signed by Triumph CEO Nick Bloor and Ace Cafe managing director Mark Wilsmore, the Bonneville T120 Ace is a real collectors’ item.Flying Ace is a new brewery and distillery out in Loudon County, Virginia, close to the West Virginia and Maryland borders, that opened up in April 2021. ‘Head Down – Hang On’ was the refreshingly defiant attitude of the young urban leather-clad Bonneville riders of the 1960s as they rode out onto and beyond London’s North Circular then gathered back at the Ace Cafe, comparing rides and sharing tales to a thrilling soundtrack of rock ‘n’ roll. Based on the celebrated T120 Black, the Bonneville T120 Ace has real pedigree, performance and presence to go with its purpose. The limited edition Bonneville T120 Ace is a modern classic that’s moody, mean and full of attitude.
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