Cooperstown Distillery Springfield Elite Edition Dan Issel 750 ML

Cooperstown Distillery's Springfield Elite Edition for Dan Issel is a bourbon nodding to the basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, bottled by the small family-run distillery in Cooperstown, New York. Commemorative releases are this house's stock in trade: a Hall of Famer on the label, a bottle built for the shelf, and whiskey inside that holds up when you actually open it. The nose gives vanilla, corn sweetness and light char, the palate runs caramel, orchard fruit and toasted oak, and the finish is dry and spiced. Pour it neat for the first glass, then over a big cube.

BourbonCharred American oak · Cooperstown, NY