Mash bill: 51/39/10 corn, wheat, barley

Tasting Notes: Juicy, saturated, and aromatic. The nose has a light grape juice quality, combined with raspberry, soft leather, and shortbread cookie.

The palate opens beautifully silky, like a melted Neapolitan milkshake with notes of strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla. There’s a darker, sweeter layer that leans more toward tiramisu.

It remains airy and creamy into the finish, with lightly charred oak, caramel drizzle, and vanilla waffle cone.

About: Mama Tried. Sung by Merle Haggard and covered by the Grateful Dead, the song’s history mimics the cowboy-hippie attitude of our home in Missoula, Montana and the mellow nature of our wheated bourbon whiskey. Made with the most wheat we could stuff in the mashbill and still call it a bourbon, Mama Tried high-rye marries the hard tack cowboy with the mellow hippie into a heavenly whiskey. Despite our mama’s best efforts, we keep returning to this.