This is described both as “mesquite smoked single malt” and a distilled “smoked porter beer”. Semantics? I am not sure but this tasting note was based on a 43% ABV sample taken from bottle 3056 of Batch 1. As I have noted with the Ranger Creek bourbon the Texas sun seems seem to be able to work whiskey miracles as this was aged for just six months before bottling. The nose is sweet, fruity and nutty and its beer roots also come through.  The taste has lemon and caramel, classic single malt notes, simple and uncomplicated but still tasty. Some wood and sweet smoke notes in the taste and build in the dry, tannic finish.  Solid, if not spectacular, addition to Ranger Creek's portfolio.