McMenamins Billy Whiskey

An oddball whiskey by all accounts with a very high 72.2% of wheat in the mashbill distillation on an old farmhouse cognac still and aging in a little Oregon barn in 63-gallon new oak barrels. The result is a strange disjointed whiskey that starts out pillow-soft with wheat and caramel and then dramatically shifts to raw oak nougat and cinnamon stick. The flavors in Billy don’t integrate well: they're like a jazz band severely out of step.