Smoke Wagon Bourbon - Las Vegas Whiskey Review

Hey guys, welcome to another whiskey review. Today we are reviewing

Smoke Wagon Bourbon Whiskey from Las Vegas, Nevada. So full disclosure, this is a sourced whiskey. They do source it from MGP, which is very normal

But what's interesting is they claim that they both age and bottle it in Las Vegas, Nevada. So

there's definitely some aging going on in the middle of the desert out there. So I saw this

one pop up at my local liquor store and it's kind of confusing. So they've had a small batch

brand of their smoke wagon for the longest time, but the bottle is completely different

And that's usually about 50 bucks, but I saw this one pop up and it was $25. So I thought at first

it was a pricing error, but then I noticed that this was labeled as a four year on the website

And the weird thing is I can't find any information about it online

Quick little intercut here I just finished recording this video I noticed that there nowhere on the bottle where it says small batch I was getting that off of the website that I ordered it from It called it a small batch four This actually just says straight bourbon whiskey So I think this is definitely

their new budget option. Like I said, it's just not out there on the website anywhere yet. So

really hard to find info on this one, but I'm sure it'll come out over the next couple of months

I just wanted to review it for you guys and let you know what I think. So this is a high rye

Mashpill. It's 36% rye. I think they used to say Mashpill across their different releases

So on the nose, this is, I hate to say it, but classic bourbon. I don't like when a lot of

channels say things are classic bourbon, but when you're dealing with a $25 whiskey, you don't really expect much other than that. When it is more than that, it's definitely like

an outlier and in a good way, usually, sometimes a bad way, but mostly a good way. It smells pretty

good for a four-year-old. It doesn't smell that new like a lot of these like craft distilleries

do. It is very light on the nose though. There's not really much jumping out of the glass and again

that the lower proof It 92 proof so you not going to get some crazy you know radiating scents coming off of it It pretty standard and it kind of sticks inside the glass So let go ahead and taste it and see if there a little bit more to unravel here

Interesting. So it tastes, it definitely tastes older than four years old in the taste

And I think that probably does have to do with the fact that they're aging it in the middle of a desert

A lot of like a corn dustiness. Note that I do get on a lot of these like rapid aged whiskeys

like I'm talking about like Texas whiskeys that like the aging is so intense I do get something

very similar to that but it doesn't have that Texas whiskey taste um if you've had Texas whiskey

you probably know what I'm talking about but there's like a very specific taste that's a Texas whiskey taste um this just tastes just overall it's just like a good classic bourbon

there's nothing that's you know stand out ish about it um again that's not really a bad thing

because it's a $25 whiskey but you know certain brands have certain things that like stand out

like Jim Beam, it's a lot of nuttiness. Heaven Hill, it's like that

dessert-y quality. This kind of is a blend of the both There not really that nuttiness that I get from a lot of younger bourbons But it really pleasant on the taste I mean this is very very drinkable The finish is you know it pretty short You not

going to get that long of a finish with something so low proof. Although I have had some that are

this proof or lower that the finish has been really great on. I would be curious to try more

from the brand. I'm not going to judge the whole brand off of this bottle. If you are from Las Vegas

or you're ever out in the area, give it a try. Especially if you can visit their distillery and

try their other releases because they have some really cool stuff going on there. I do give this

a recommend. I don't think you should like seek it out, but if you see it on the shelf for a decent

price and you're curious, definitely give it a try. Let me know what you think in the comments

Like I said, I don't, I hear a lot about this brand, but I don't know much about it. So if you

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So until next time, I'm here to help you drink good whiskey. So hey