Woodford Reserve has released news of a brand-new addition to its Distillery Series, the experimental release series designed to “push creative boundaries to the extreme.” The release, called Five Malt, joins other popular special releases Double Double Oaked, Sweet Mash Redux, and Frosty Four Wood (which we recently reviewed here).
Piggybacking on the growing popularity of specialty malts in craft distilling, Five Malt uses “malted grains typically used for beers.” Woodford Reserve says the whiskey is so flavorful that “minimum wood exposure is required” to reach their desired flavor profile, which…