You may remember a few other Exceptional Series barrels that have come across my desk... This release is not the same as those Kentucky Straight Malt barrels. A straight bourbon fit for this label clearly has to have had something special in the barrel for Pete "this barrel took me back to the days before all the hype and craziness of bourbon". Cherry skins burst forth before pausing for a strong wave of barrel funk to pass by.

Four Roses Single Barrel (not the barrel strength version)... Would you consider this a shelfer? Corn, 35% Rye, 5% Malted Barley Proof: 100° Age: NAS (~8 years) Further identification: Warehouse SS, Barrel I've previously had 2 other bottles of a 100 proof single barrel and have always regarded it as a strong Though I have been shared some barrel strength options that have surprised me.

Mass Bourbon Alliance is back at it again with Liquor Junction bringing accessible barrels to our Massachusetts comes out of Vermont with a crazy 100% rye mash bill distilled on pot stills, aged in American oak barrels , and released as a single barrel at cask strength. WhistlePig describes the single barrel innovation on the back label of the bottle, saying: We believe single barrel - straight to the bottle.

The Knob Creek 25th Anniversary Single Barrel release commemorated the 2017 milestone of 25 years of product that features Dad’s preferred ‘uncut and unfiltered’ style, combined with my passion for single barrel Let's find out how this single barrel offering came out! Your mileage may vary given this is a single barrel product. Company on Label: James B. date Further identification: Barreled 5/13/2004 Nose: Mmm dusty; caramel, nutty oak and patches of citrus

Diving deeper on what's inside the bottle led me to learn that this 10 barrel blend consists of 6 different Even just the jump to a 10 barrel blend (from 4 which was the previous norm) was scary for Jonathan; bourbon mash bills Proof: 116.4° Age: NAS (min 4 years) Further identification: Batch 7 is a blend of 10 barrels Time to taste. Undoubtedly there will be some MGP stocks, as those barrels are quite prevalent on the market these days

Mash Bill Percentages: 78% Corn, 10% Rye, 12% Barley Proof: 86.6° Age: 7 years Further identification: Barreled 11/21/12 in barrel no. 1484 and bottled on 9/15/20; it was put into my glass on 7/7/2021 Nose: Nice

SaxyBourbon, one of my favorite humans and fellow @SpiritAnimalSociety founders sent me a sample of a single barrel from his local distillery Marlin & Barrel out of Florida. I'm excited to give this one a try as Brett and I have tasted a barrel pick from this same place before Company on Label: Marlin & Barrel Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed 4 grain mash release from Marlin & Barrel out of Fernandina Beach, Florida; it is a limited release of their own

I looked at the fill level on this Old Elk single barrel bourbon pick and realized I have to get on this 15% rye, 34% malted barley Proof: 110.6° Age: 6 years Further identification: This is first single barrel kind of wooden boat aroma; I feel like I could be on a pirate ship trying to figure out the brandy barrel from the rum barrel from the Old Elk barrel on this one. Great job to the Spirit Animal Society tasters who got to pick this barrel: @SaxyBourbon @_LostNemo_

This was part of a larger tasting group that got together to meet the brand owners, an event set up by Though we all received different single barrels, one sentiment was pretty common throughout the group What sets Gryphon & Grain apart from the crowd is their interesting cooperage choices: their barrels Translating the experience of effectively aging wine in oak barrels is an art form that the team didn't Mapes Ranch corn, and malted 2-row barley Proof:  96° Age:  4 years Further identification:  This is barrel

In looking for the barrel details I also discovered that the venerable Frank (@bourbyourenthusiasm) has also reviewed this barrel for Malt! Age: 4 (and a half) years Further identification: This cigar batch is finished in Brazilian Amburana barrels ; it is a @bourbonfinds pick that comes from barrel # FB113-1 Nose: Right up front on the nose I find I will say this pick is significantly better than 1 of the previous Cigar Batch barrels that I've tried

Barrel 47 really had its own characteristics that set it apart from its sister barrel, but I'll defer most of the details to my last post on barrel 54 if you're itching for more information. Perhaps some of the barrels that were originally filled found a market fit prior to this. If these bottles or their original barrels could talk... Do with this information as you will, but this barrel is already getting a lot of buzz!

The fantastic label for this pick was crafted by the private group Boston Barrel Society. The previous project that was also honey barrel finished was the Wan Vinkle Lot "Bee", which I reviewed Mash Bill Percentages: 60% Corn, 36% Rye, 4% Barley Proof: 110° (proofed up from aging in the honey barrel from 108°) Age: 6 years Further identification: Boston Barrel Society pick 2021 Nose: Whew-wee! It almost tastes like some kind of 'dark' honey, if that's a thing.