Review: Revel Stoke Peanut Butter Whisky
Revel Stoke Peanut Butter Whisky was just released. If it seems like I just reviewed a peanut butter flavored whiskey you are wrong. I just reviewed two peanut butter whiskeys. While I don’t expect the number of peanut butter whiskeys to eclipse the number of cucumber flavored vodka’s, I do expect more to follow. A quick glance at the Revel Stoke web site shows 10 other varieties including Pecan, Apple, Cinnamon, Pineapple, Maple, Root Beer, Honey, Vanilla, Spiced, and their Original Blended Canadian Whisky. Each variety starts with a base made from a blend of rye, corn and barley malt. It is triple distilled in copper stills and aged for 3 years in charred white oak barrels. It is then shipped to Phillips Distilling Company in Minnesota where natural peanut butter flavors are blended before bottling at 70 proof. The aroma is peanut butter and vanilla. Additional time in the glass brings out caramel and maple notes. The sweet vanilla, brown sugar, and runny caramel entry is joined by peanut butter building to a vanilla frosted peanut butter cupcake peak. It fades with vanilla, cinnamon, simple syrup and peanut brittle. The finish is warm with a peppery sting, runny caramel, bittersweet maple, and salted peanut taste. Revel Stoke is sweet, but not as syrupy as the two previous Peanut Butter flavored whiskies I’ve reviewed, but there is also less whiskey flavor.
Made in Minnesota with whisky distilled in Canada
35% Alcohol
Score: 89
Award: Silver Medal