Ballotin Chocolate Mint Whiskey

Chocolate Mint is the Ballotin for people who reach for the thin mints first. The Louisville chocolate-whiskey house, founded in 2015 by former Brown-Forman brand manager Paul Tuell, built its whole line on one idea: bring the subtle flavors people already love in bourbon — chocolate, caramel, nuts, mint, vanilla — to the front. The name comes from the stylish box a Belgian chocolatier's wife invented in 1915 to present fine chocolates. Like every Ballotin, it starts with 100% whiskey and no neutral spirit: a traditional bourbon mash of at least 51% corn with wheat and barley, aged in used oak barrels so the new-oak char doesn't create a flavor barrier, then blended with natural chocolate and mint flavors and bottled at 60 proof. Expect a nose of dark chocolate and cool peppermint — an after-dinner mint or a Girl Scout cookie — with whiskey warmth behind, opening into a smooth, sweet palate where the mint reads fresh rather than toothpaste-sharp, the chocolate is rich and dark, and the whiskey adds a gentle backbone, finishing cool and clean. Honest note: this is a dessert whiskey, sweet by design, and bourbon purists should look elsewhere. Where it shines is the holidays: a Peppermint Patty shot, a spiked hot chocolate, a Chocolate Mint Martini, or an Irish coffee that skips the Irish. Grasshopper cocktail fans have found their whiskey.

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