Whiskeysmith Chocolate Flavored Whiskey
Whiskeysmith Chocolate Flavored Whiskey is a 60-proof (30% ABV) flavored whiskey from Whiskeysmith Co. of Fort Collins, Colorado — rich, velvety chocolate essence blended into American whiskey with vanilla and subtle oak-spice, in a 750mL bottle. It is the award-winner of the flavored range's early days, taking Gold at the 2020 John Barleycorn Awards, and it drinks like dessert with a backbone. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.
- Proof / ABV: 60 proof (30% ABV)
- Size: 750mL
- Base: American whiskey + chocolate essence and natural flavors
- Age: No age statement
- Producer: Whiskeysmith Co., Fort Collins, Colorado (Old Elk Distillery family)
- Awards: Gold medal, 2020 John Barleycorn Awards
Dessert That Pours Like Whiskey
Chocolate and whiskey are a natural pairing — the oak's vanilla and caramel notes are already halfway to a truffle — and Whiskeysmith pushes it over the line. The profile runs milk chocolate and baked cocoa over toasty oak, with caramel and vanilla toffee in the aroma and a cocoa-dark chocolate finish. The 2020 John Barleycorn Gold suggests the judges agreed: this is the rare flavored whiskey that works as an after-dinner pour in its own right, not just a mixer. Shop the Whiskeysmith lineup and more flavored whiskey at Del Mesa.
Tasting Notes
Per the brand's described profile (via retailer copy): aroma of baked cocoa, caramel, and vanilla toffee. The palate is rich milk chocolate with toasty oak, vanilla, and caramel. The finish is cocoa and dark chocolate, smooth and lingering.
How to Enjoy
Neat or on ice as a dessert pour — it needs nothing else. For cocktails, it is a shortcut to a chocolate Old Fashioned (bitters only) or a grown-up hot chocolate when stirred into the warm mug.
Frequently Asked Questions
Has Whiskeysmith Chocolate won any awards?
Yes — it took a Gold medal at the 2020 John Barleycorn Awards.
Is Whiskeysmith Chocolate very sweet?
It is a dessert-style flavored whiskey: rich chocolate and caramel sweetness balanced by the oak-spice of the whiskey base, bottled at 60 proof (30% ABV).
What cocktails work with chocolate whiskey?
Chocolate Old Fashioneds, spiked hot chocolate, and espresso martini riffs — anywhere a chocolate note belongs.
Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA has Whiskeysmith Chocolate Flavored Whiskey ready to order online — the gold-medal dessert pour.