Bourbon Review: Low Gap Bourbon/Four-Year-Old Wheat

Beginning with tart tropical fruit, the palate builds with big, successive levels of clove and spice. It’s surprisingly bold. Finish: On the shorter side, but spicy and lip-tingling. A dry, slightly mouth-puckering finish invites another sip. The marketing materials describe this whiskey as “dense and complex,” and they’re spot on. Low Gap Four-Year-Old Wheat refutes the notion that all wheat whiskeys are soft and mild, yet this one isn’t harsh or overwrought, either – just bigger and more complicated than I expected. Very enjoyable. FINAL SCORE: 90/100 Low Gap Bourbon Appearance: Light, glowing gold with a more viscous texture Nose: Smooth and buttery, reminiscent of a buttered whole-grain English muffin dabbed with orange marmalade. There’s a fun, almost fuzzy note of honeydew, as well as balanced oak. Palate: Starts off as innocuous vanilla buttercream frosting before moving into escalating levels of wood spice and savory grain, seemingly a common characteristic of Low Gap’s whiskies. Finish: Not terribly long, but quite lovely, with a minimal astringency giving delineation and structure as well as lingering flavors of cucumber, peach, and melon. Low Gap calls this bourbon “friendly and approachable,” and they’re right. It’s clear that this is young bourbon, but it’s fun to drink nevertheless. FINAL SCORE: 88/100