The bottle
Hell Home Whiskey, $49.99
The again story
In search of a bottle so as to add some “hellish” enjoyable to your grown-up Halloween gathering? Right here’s an providing that comes from a legendary Southern rock band identified for its gritty spirit.
Sure, Lynyrd Skynyrd has gone into the booze enterprise.
Particularly, the band, whose roots return to the mid Sixties in Jacksonville, Fla., has partnered with Bespoken Spirits, an organization that’s transferring into creating artist-themed whiskies. Lead singer Johnny Van Zant, who finally reformed the group after the 1977 aircraft crash that took the lifetime of his brother and Lynyrd Skynyrd founder Ronnie Van Zant, had an enormous hand in formulating Hell Home.
For a band with a distinctly American identification, the thought was to have, properly, an American whiskey. Hell Home is simply that, although it isn’t technically a bourbon. Moderately, it’s a mix of whiskies, together with a rye. Johnny Van Zant advised MarketWatch, “We really feel we hit it proper on the pinnacle, with a whiskey that’s daring and highly effective, but easy and iconic, similar to all of these timeless Skynyrd songs.” (And when you want a reminder, a few of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s greatest hits embody “Candy Residence Alabama,” “Free Fowl,” “What’s Your Title” and “Gimme Three Steps.”)
Hell Home’s launch is timed with the fiftieth anniversary of the band’s groundbreaking album, “Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Pores and skin-‘nérd.”
Nick Cabrera
The whiskey’s launch was timed with the 50th anniversary of the band’s groundbreaking album, “Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Pores and skin-‘nérd.” (Total, the band has offered 28.5 million albums thus far, making it among the many prime 100 artists of all time.) And the whiskey’s title refers back to the cabin the place the band rehearsed and perfected its sound (it was appropriately known as Hell Home due to its lack of air-conditioning).
For Bespoken, the plan is to proceed with extra artist-themed releases. The corporate has additionally partnered with the nation/Americana band Whiskey Myers on one thing known as Uncle Hen’s Sippin’ Whiskey. “These partnerships are an effective way to broaden our horizons,” stated Peter Iglesias, Bespoken’s chief government.
What we give it some thought
Don’t let the “hellish” title scare you. It is a very approachable whiskey — a straightforward sipper with a pleasant mixture of sweetness and spice. Bespoken says you must decide up hints of the whole lot from cotton sweet to rose and lavender.
The right way to take pleasure in it
That is positive as a standalone neat sip, although I believe it advantages from some ice. For a cocktail choice, Bespoken says an Outdated Customary is an efficient option to go.
