🥃 DadDimes on the Rocks — Season 6, Episode 17: Laws Whiskey House Founders Select Colorado Straight Bourbon Review

On this episode of DadDimes on the Rocks, we head back to Colorado to pour a whiskey that represents the heart of the Centennial State's craft distilling movement — Laws Whiskey House Founders Select Colorado Straight Bourbon. This is a bourbon with a distinctly Colorado identity, showcasing the creativity, local ingredients, and attention to detail that have helped put Colorado whiskey on the map.

From the first pour, Founders Select brings an inviting combination of sweet grain, caramel, vanilla, and toasted oak. The nose develops beautifully in the glass, revealing layers of baking spice, dried fruit, brown sugar, and subtle hints of roasted grain. There's a rustic character underneath the sweetness that gives this bourbon a personality all its own.

The palate delivers a rich and flavorful experience. Notes of caramel, honey, vanilla, and toffee lead the way before giving ground to cinnamon, nutmeg, toasted oak, and gentle pepper. The Colorado-grown grain character remains present throughout the sip, creating a profile that's both familiar to bourbon fans and distinctly different from many traditional Kentucky expressions.

As the bourbon opens up, deeper notes of dark fruit, cocoa, roasted nuts, and warm oak begin to emerge. The combination of sweetness, spice, and oak creates a layered pour that rewards taking your time and letting each sip develop.

The finish is warm and lingering, leaving behind caramelized sugar, vanilla, toasted oak, and a gentle spice that stays with you long after the glass is empty. It's a bourbon that encourages conversation — and maybe another pour.

Throughout the episode, we explore Laws Whiskey House's Colorado roots, the importance of locally grown grains, and what makes Colorado's high-altitude aging environment such an interesting part of the American whiskey story. We also break down the flavor, craftsmanship, value, and whether Founders Select deserves a place among the bottles that define the modern Colorado bourbon movement.

Pour yourself a glass and join DadDimes as we celebrate a bourbon that proves great whiskey doesn't have to come from Kentucky to make a lasting impression.

Because at DadDimes on the Rocks, every bottle has a story — and sometimes the best stories come straight from our own backyard.

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