Review #2588 – Found North 15yr Hover Hawk 2024 Release

The Schtick: Distilled from a blend of 15-27yr old whiskeys, finished in moscatel and New American Oak casks, this release from Found North is the 2024 First Flight of Hover Hawk. The outturn was about 4500 bottles and ended up with a final grainbill of 90% corn, 9% rye, 1% malted barley. These werent the easiest to come by, so I am thrilled to have tasted this. Lets dive in!

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Review #2588 | Bourbon Review #1121

Distiller: Various

Bottler: Found North

Brand: Found North

Selection:

ABV: 61.6% ABV

Age: 15 Years

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Nose: Big, bold fruits – cherry, gingerbread, clove, ginger and black pepper with black berry, boysenberry and a syrupy, rich, ango style bitterness that’s all good stuff with the syrupy fruits.

Taste: Rich on the palate, dusty and woody, peppery and savory with a great deal of espresso, cocoa, ginger, pepper, some faint vanilla and gobs of savory, toasted caramel. Deep, dark, sweet, savory.

Finish: Long finish. A prickle of heat but wonderful complexity and no shortage of character. Gorgeous, savory, fruity, heavy on blackberry, ginger, gingerbead, oak, a good deal of orange peel. I love how deep and dark this starts and it ends brighter, a touch acidic, lovely fruity character.

Overall: Hover Hawk is like few pours I’ve had before: it starts deep and savory and brooding and ends bright and acidic and fun. It’s engaging, easy to love simply but also easy to dig into over and over. A marker of a great whisky for sure.

Thanks for reading!

Rank: 8

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