Welcome to the Oakland Smoke Whiskey Reviews. My name is Brent. If you are a subscriber, I thank you so much for your support. If you're not a subscriber and you're into whiskey, please consider hitting that subscribe button with the notification bell. That way you'll be notified of new uploads and live streams. Today we're going to be reviewing the 4Gate Batch 4 Split Stave by Kelvin. Before I get into this whiskey, I'm going to tell you a little bit about it. The first ever split stave barrels that this whiskey was finished in was created by Kelvin Coopridge. The split stave barrels consist of a series of medium toast casts, number two char cast, and number four char cast that have been broken down and rebuilt alternating between toasted staves and number two char on some barrels and toasted staves and number four char on the others. That then filled the barrels with a 5.5 year Kentucky Strait Bourbon whiskey and a 12 year Kentucky Strait Bourbon whiskey and let the whiskey rest in the split stave barrels for five months. This barbering consists of a 5.5 year in a 12 year blend. They don't give you the percentages of the blend, but they do give you the match bills of the 5.5 year and 12 year whiskeys that are in the blend. The 5.5 year match bill is 78% corn, 10% rye, 12% malt and barley. The 12 year match bill is 74% corn, 18% rye, and 8% malt and barley. This bourbon is donchil filtered the ABV is 57.8%, 115.6 proof of the MSRP of around $175. There's only 2700 bottles produced. With that being said, I'm going to get into the color nose and taste of this whiskey. Dark guys, let's check out the color. The color on this one is a nice deep copper, maybe even a mahogany color. First dark color of the whiskey. The viscosity on it, it is very viscous, very oily whiskey. Seems to be clinging to the glass, very well, nice long thick legs on the whiskey. Nice color, nice viscosity. Let's get into the nose. Cinnamon. We got vanilla cream. Look, cocoa. Nice oak note. The cocoa is a very pronounced cocoa note, very nice cocoa note. And the vanilla is got creamy vanilla ore, cranberry, lye. Nice oak note also. Maybe even like a marshmallow, a toasted marshmallow note also on the nose. Very interesting and nice nose to the whiskey. Once again on the nose, you get a nice cocoa note, like a vanilla cranberry lye. Nice oak note, some cinnamon and like a toasted marshmallow note. Let's get into the taste. Cheers. Right away I want to say it is very viscous, oily whiskey, very viscous, coating the mouth, extremely well, nice long finish, finish is still kind of going. Get a vanilla cream note, some cinnamon, a nice oak note. And a little bit of a cocoa note, kind of floating around there on the finish. Finish is just now tapering off. Nice long finish to the whiskey. Nice first sip. Let's go in for a second. Cheers. Very viscous once again, very mouth-coating, oily whiskey, nice long finish, still going. I caught some mid-palette on the second sip, like a clove or a baking spice. Maybe even a little vanilla wrapped up in the mid-palette also, but the finish is vanilla cranberry lye, a little cinnamon oak, some cocoa. And the second sip I'm getting like a toasted marshmallow wee note, very creamy whiskey, very nice, very nice second sip. Let's go in for a third. Cheers. All right. Got a little vanilla cream note on the front of the palate, kind of getting drug-thru mid-palette that oak clove baking spice note. The finish to me is where this whiskey really stands out. Lot going on, the finish, very nice vanilla cream notes, like a toasted marshmallow also, a little cocoa, a little cinnamon, and a nice oak note, an aged oak note, to the whiskey. Very tasty third sip. Put a little water, add just a little bit of water, it'll have much whiskey left in the glass, and just a drop or so, just to see if it does open up. This is 115.6 proof. Sometimes adding just a little bit of water to the whiskey does open it up a little bit. The water did tame down like the cinnamon note, but you're still getting like vanilla creams. Maybe a little clove note. Nice cocoa. Maybe a little toasted marshmallow note. It made the whiskey a little more sweet by adding a little bit of water to it. See what it's like on the taste. Cheers. Still creamy and viscous. Finish is definitely not quite as long, but it does offer nice vanilla cream notes, cinnamon, oak, and a little bit of that toasted marshmallow note. Let's say the cinnamon with the water, the cinnamon did die down a little bit, but still very tasty with a little bit of water into it. Let's get into my final thoughts. My final thoughts on the Forgate Batch Force Flitz Stay by Kelvin. Guys I thought this poor was absolutely delicious. A very tasty bourbon whiskey. I think that the collaboration they have Forgate has with Kelvin Coopridge is they're doing some very innovative and creative things in the whiskey world. This first time ever, Spitz Stay barrels, they finish this whiskey in. I think that is definitely Forgate and Kelvin Coopridge thinking outside the box, and I really like what they're doing at Forgate. With that being said, I'm going to wrap this one up. Thank you so much for watching. If you are a subscriber, I greatly appreciate your support. If you're not a subscriber, hey, subscribe. Until next time, guys. Cheers. ś