A work buddy of mine recently toured the Virginia Moonshine Company of Culpeper VA. He returned with samples of their wares, and was gracious enough to share with a brother. Last evening, towards the end of the NASCAR race, my little bride and I cracked open the jug of Kopper Kettle, described thusly on the website:
Belmont Farms is proud to introduce Virginia’s first original recipe which is registered and trademarked “Virginia Whiskey,” KOPPER KETTLE. Kopper Kettle is a triple grain whiskey, double wood, and twice distilled. The Virginia Whiskey is first produced with grain grown on our farm (the only distillery in the U.S. that grows its own grain). It is a secret formula of corn, wheat, and barley and is mashed and fermented in our all copper fermentation tanks. Then, at just the right time, it is double distilled in our unique potstill.
Our Virginia Whiskey, “Kopper Kettle,” never sees any modern methods, i.e. column still. Only a potstill can preserve the taste and aroma required for this unique product. Kopper Kettle is then charcoal filtered and presoaked with oak and apple wood chips before it is aged in barrels for two years. Before bottling, the barrels are hand selected in three barrel batches to preserve its uniqueness. Kopper Kettle is definitely a next generation Whiskey.
Although “Copper Fox” was good, the new Kopper Kettle is even better. Our Virginia Whiskey has undergone some new exciting changes. It is now a registered Virginia Whiskey, barrel select, and double distilled and aged for at least 2 years.
Enjoy!
Two.years.old. I’ve written lovingly about 12 year old single malt scotch, and 18 year old small batch bourbons here on these old pixels, and wondered about the smoothness of something two years old. MLB1 and I, acting on advice of some other Kopper Kettle aficionados at work, chilled the bottle in the refrigerator for several hours before cracking the seal, poured ourself one finger apiece, and sipped it neat, water back.2 Surprisingly smoky, fruity, and smooth it was. MLB even liked it, and she turns up her nose at most non-scotch potables. Another finger and a half apiece, and we slept like babies.
Virginia Moonshine also makes something called Virginia Lightning, which is traditional ’shine. We also have a bottle of that. With the assurance on the back of the label that the product is “less than 30 days old”, we opted to try and review that at a later date.
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Think I’m feeling a twinge of ethyl envy here… Sounds good will definitely need to arrange a taste.