Last Shot Chocolate Creme Brûlée Liqueur and Bourbon Whiskey – 750ML

Last Shot Distillery is one of the newest distilleries in New York State (producing, selling, and aging products). Run by Chris Uyehara and a very small team, Chris is a master chef and pastry chef and brings his art and attention to detail to all his products. Last Shot uses water from the local Finger Lake Skaneateles Lake, with minimal filtering ( just to remove any chlorine) to maintain a local character to the water and spirit, rather than use RO water which to me is completely boring and neutral filler for a spirit. While the distillery itself is barely three years old at present, they still have a very ambitious whiskey program with stocks or Rye, Bourbon, and even this whiskey the Distiller Reserve. This is one of his newest releases and uses a fairly unique blend of triticale, wheat, and malt resulting in something akin to a kinder gentler rye with more punch and drier than a bourbon but not scaring people off like some rye whiskeys can.