Marko’s Done it Again!! A look at Charbay’s Double & Twisted Whiskey
Marko Karakasevic, Master Distiller of Charbay Distilleries, has released another one of his unique limited bottlings. This time, Marko decided to take a bottle ready IPA and distill it with a final bottling strength of 99 proof (or 49.5% alcohol). Marko dubbed this new whiskey, “Double & Twisted”, a term coined in the days when most distillers didn’t know what the exact proof coming out of a copper pot still was after that second run through the still. This is the heart of the heart cut, aka the best of the best.
Starting with a bottle ready IPA, Double and Twister, takes you on a journey down a tunnel of intense and incredible flavors that begins with the palate-shattering notes of barley and toffee. The next step down this journey is filled with nuances of powered cocoa, burnt orange zest and in a surprise shift in direction, the presence fresh summer berries. And at the end of this trip, the warming wave goodbye of pepper that’s mellowed to perfection that’s reminiscent of a fruit punch.
Double & Twisted, retails for $58 and has a limited run of 135 cases, with availability limited to only California.
Final Score: 9/10
This is some amazing stuff, I think it’s the kind of whiskey which may give people serious pause and consider hopps and it’s possible role in a distillate.
We reviewed it as well and gave it our highest marks. Simply extraordinary stuff.