Ready for more country music-inspired whiskey? Bluebird Days is a collaborative whiskey between musician Jordan Davis and Bluebird Distilling Master Distiller Jared Adkins — “and their shared love for a perfect bluebird day.”

The bottle is a blend of two of the Pennsylvania-based operation’s distillates — a bourbon and a wheat whiskey, both produced in-house but provided with no age statement.

The whiskey certainly comes across as youthful and dominated by barrel char — with a bit of an underbelly that evokes camphor (at best) and boozy acetone (at worst). This fades toward a eucalyptus quality as it gets a bit of air, and water is of aid in this tempering movement, as well.

The palate lands rather on the harsh side, a combination of burnt wood melding fitfully with notes of orange oil, bitter hops, and a grassy quality that I’d associate much more with rye than wheat whiskey. Gritty and green — though not particularly earthy or muddy — the whiskey benefits here as well from water and/or air time, though not nearly enough to elevate it beyond a fairly pedestrian pour that just never really comes into its own.

Perfect bluebird day? Still searching for it.

86 proof.

C+ / $50 / bluebirddistilling.com

Bluebird Days Whiskey

$50

6

Rating

6.0/10

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