Smooth Ambler Contradiction Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Smooth Ambler Contradiction Straight Bourbon Whiskey blends two distinct bourbons: a young wheated bourbon distilled at Smooth Ambler’s Maxwelton, West Virginia distillery, and a long-aged sourced bourbon. The name reflects the intentional pairing of opposites — young and old, local and sourced, wheated and high-rye — to produce a balanced, complex blend.

Smooth Ambler’s approach to blending acknowledges what most craft distilleries avoid saying explicitly: that sourcing aged whiskey from established distilleries while building local stocks produces more complex finished products than either young local whiskey or undifferentiated sourced product alone. The transparency about the blend’s construction — stating both components explicitly — became a model for other craft distilleries.

Tasting Notes

Nose: Vanilla, caramel, dried fruit, and oak spice. Palate: Balanced — sweet corn and wheat character from the young bourbon, depth and complexity from the aged sourced bourbon. Finish: Medium and smooth.

Specs

Distillery: Smooth Ambler, Maxwelton, West Virginia — Style: Blended Straight Bourbon (local + sourced) — Size: 750ml

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