3 BOTTLES FROM THE US TO TRY

CHARBAY R5 | 49.5% ABV

Now in its fifth bottling, Bear Republic Racer 5, a 7 per cent IPA, is double-distilled into R5. The nose is extremely bright and aromatic, piney and dank with hints of lemon zest. The palate leans more towards chocolate.

INTERBORO STRAIGHT MALT WHISKEY | 50% ABV

The first whiskey release from the five-year-old Brooklyn outfit, this is a blend of two barrels aged for three years in first-use American oak before spending their final year in barrels that had previously held Woodford Reserve Double Oaked bourbon. The result is a heavier char flavour than a typical Scottish single malt, with notes of dark cherry, vanilla, and caramel.

ARROGANT BASTARD WHISKEY | 48.5% ABV

The Escondido, California, brewery produces their typical Arrogant Bastard wort (unfermented beer) and transports it to Foundry Distilling, where a distiller’s yeast is pitched to start fermentation, before it is column-distilled. Aged for 26 months in undersized, 114 litre new charred American oak barrels, it offers bright notes of citrus zest with hints of herbal tea, though the youth of the whiskey is evident by its graininess.