Dried peach | Honeycomb | Vanilla | Sweet oak | Faint butterscotch | Straightforward

Light vanilla | Muddled rye spice | White peppercorn spice | Peppery oak | Dab of honey hard candy

Rye spice | Oak | Peppercorn mix | Dry lingering spice

Musician Neil Giraldo founded Three Chord Bourbon, and the company’s focus on bourbon and music takes his background and fuses the two together. According to the company, Volume 2 represents a new look for the brand, with an all-new bottle design being deployed. They go on to state, “Each bottle of the new release features energetic concert photography of musicians who embody the spirit of the liquid within, and the album-like design reflects Three Chord's commitment to and heritage in music.”

For Flipside Triplewood, the brand highlights blues legend Guitar Shorty. The bourbon consists of 4-7 year old whiskeys that were then aged for an additional 2-3 months in secondary oak. The name Triplewood is derived from the fact that the whiskey was initially aged in new charred American oak barrels before being finished in a mix of used toasted French and American oak. Notably, the bottle states this is Volume-0001 even though the company refers to this new batch of bottles as Volume 2.

Utilizing three different types of oak barrels, between the original fresh charred oak barrels and used toasted French oak and American oak barrels, you’d assume that Three Chord Flipside Triplewood Bourbon would be incredibly oak-forward. However, the sip surprisingly doesn’t heavily lean into its oak theme until the very end. Instead, it focuses on straightforward, sweet light scents that are held back by the bourbon's proof. Its midpoint focuses on a blend of spice and its first showing of oak. These traits carry forward to the finish, which leans heavily into oak underpinnings before trailing off in a dry lingering spice. For a bourbon with so many oak underpinnings, Three Chord Flipside Triplewood Bourbon comes across as more straightforward, with the flavors muddying together; however, with a consumer-friendly $35 price point, fans of the brand will be able to try it without breaking the bank.