Cranberry | Raspberry | Brandy | Apricot | Mushroom

Golden raisin | Dried fig | Plum | Cranberry

Concord grape | Raisin | Prune | Malt | Caramel | Warm oak | Touch dry

Patty Green Whiskey was created through an unfortunate event that happened to the Oregon-based Patricia Green Cellars vineyard in 2020. Wildfires ravaged the West Coast, and the company was left with a smoke-tainted harvest of their pinot noir grapes. Inventively, they used those smoke-tainted grapes to produce pinot noir brandy, which was blended with malted barley to form Multifarious.

‍To say there isn’t anything quite like Multifarious would be an understatement. Combining malt with a pinot noir brandy is certainly inventive and pushes boundaries that no one knew even existed. The nose is surprisingly pinot noir brandy forward, with strong cranberry and raspberry at the forefront, before an unusual mix of bright apricot and deep mushroom scents enter. It sounds odd but anyone remotely familiar with pinot noir and/or brandy will be at ease. The palate again takes the pinot noir note to heart with golden raisin, dried fig, plum, and cranberry dominating. The finish follows in line with concord grape, raisin, and prune, before the whiskey’s maltiness finally rears its head. It finishes warm and dry.

This is a hard spirit to put in a box and sum up with complete certainty. There is very little to compare it to, and as something paving new ground, all you have to go on is the good old fashioned, “Does it taste good?” There is some youth to it and an overreliance on pinot noir brandy notes. The malt is surprisingly well integrated, which isn’t easy to do, as many people at odds with American single malt can attest to. It’s hard not to applaud the inventiveness here and its refrain from being yet another pinot noir finished whiskey. This was only in limited-time production and only available at the winery.