Several months ago, I visited my old college stomping grounds of Bowling Green Kentucky. I came back to take a tour of something that did not exist there (legally anyway)when I attended school - a distillery. Corsair Artisan has been practicing their trade in Bowling Green Kentucky as well as Nashville Tennessee. They are known for being very open...
Score 88/100
Corsair Oatrage Single Barrel
This is Corsair Single Barrel Oatrage bottled at cask strength of 65.3% or 130.6 proof. It is made from oats, barley, and roasted malt. I picked this up at the distillery as it is a distillery exclusive. Aged 2.25 years in new charred American oak. Barrel N30-15-0404 Bottle #: 116/116 Fresh bottle, glass is neat and has been sitting for 20min. I...
Score 81/100
Corsair Rasputin
I greatly admire Connosr member Darek Bell, who is the owner of and distiller at Corsair Artisan Distillery, which has distilleries in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bowling Green, Kentucky. Darek is fearless, and travels many paths upon which others will not dare to tread Rasputin is pot distilled from a Russian Imperial Stout beer, brewed by Corsair....
Score 87/100
Corsair Small Batch Triple Smoke Single Malt
Corsair is a microdistillery in Nashville, founded by Darek Bell, the author of Alt Whiskeys, about alternative ways of distilling whisky beyond the usual malt, rye, corn, etc methods. As you may expect from an author of such a book, there is a lot of experimentation going on at his distillery, with various grains, smokes, yeasts and all sorts of...