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This Bay Area whiskey company was just named on Esquire’s 2021 Spirit Awards

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Updated: Dec. 5, 2021 10:46 p.m.

Esquire's 2021 Spirit Awards listed one Bay Area company among the best this year. 
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A Bay Area whiskey company was recognized among the best in Esquire’s Spirt Awards for 2021.  
The list, which included whiskeys, tequilas, gin, and other spirits, featured Grizzly Beast straight bourbon whiskey by Redwood Empire Whiskey that has a distillery in Graton, Calif., an unincorporated town in Sonoma County.
“I love it when a whiskey surpasses my expectations,” Esquire wrote. “It's a lovely new sipping bourbon.”
Esquire added that Redwood Empire distills its whiskey in a single distilling season, and that its Grizzly Beast straight bourbon whiskey ages for about four years before its bottled. The bourbon whiskey is described of having orange zest, salted caramel, and buttermilk tasting notes with a spicy aroma.  Redwood Empire Whiskey named its Grizzly Beast bourbon whiskey after two trees found within two national state parks, according to its business website. “Grizzly” is a nod to the grizzly giant sequoia tree in Yosemite National Park, while the word “beast” comes from the mattole beast tree located in HumboldtRedwoods State Park.
The award comes just a few weeks after Esquire named five Bay Area businesses in its Best New Restaurants in America list. The list included Oakland businesses Horn Barbecue and Shawarmaji, along with Berkeley’s Fish & Bird Sousaku Izakaya, and San Francisco restaurants Anchovy Bar and 

I’ve had this. It’s okay. Not stellar. Someone else bought the bottle so maybe is a good buy for the price but it wasn’t outstanding enough for me to seek out. 

Wtf does esquire know about whisky anyway?

And how many shots must you take to get to the level where whisky tastes like buttermilk?