With locally grown grains, a double pot distilled process, and barrels made from three-year-air-dried staves, they stand by their motto: "premium grain, premium stills, premium barrels." For this review, I had the pleasure of exploring a single barrel straight bourbon whiskey. After a taste, I am pleased to find barrel funk. The linger is a bit metallic in taste, which may be the smoked corn at play.

, fixed proof point of 97 proof and 107 proof, respectively, the 14 year release is bottled at full barrel proof, meaning no water is added between what comes out of the barrel and what goes into the bottle. mellowed drop by drop through 10 feet of sugar maple charcoal, then aged in new American white oak barrels Coming back after a few sips leaves the glass a little one-noted with simple yet enjoyable barrel funk Fig, browned butter, and brown sugar dominate the taste buds.

some incredible single barrel releases we picked afterwards. The same notes persist post-sip, but the barrel funk volume turns up slightly alongside those aromas. Slight barrel funk and coffee cake tones sting the nostrils slightly. Coming back from a sip amplifies the barrel funk characteristics that do suggest this is older than it Here's to hoping the Fortuna barrel proof releasing now will be a step up in quality!

contains whiskey that has been matured for a full 12 year period in three oak cask types: American bourbon barrels The Malaga cask brings an exotic sweet note to the whiskey making it a truly delightful taste experience The empty glass smells of toasted oak, bourbon-level caramel, pecans and bread pudding.

While I can't host an extravagant 2023 BTAC tasting this year, I do have a full bottle of this years I opened it to raise as a toast after I tagged into a really nice 8 point, 180 pound buck in Massachusetts A toast to an amazing day in the woods When I'm not sharing, hunting or hiking, I do still write at length At last taste, I find underripe cherry, black pepper, and a grainy bite of milk chocolate. TL;DR: Not BT's finest work, but still a special bottle for raising a toast or talking over Rating:  

I have a bit of my 2020 release bottle still available, so let's see how they taste next to each other I actually tasted these blind but was able to identify them easily given my extensive experience with bourbon whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed Proof: 94.4° Age: 10 Years Further identification: Barrel bourbon whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed Proof: 94.4° Age: 10 Years Further identification: Barrel

York grain, distilled to no more than 160 proof, and aged a minimum of two years in charred, new oak barrels I recently connected some errant dots—after sipping a single barrel pick of Kings County from Liquor The multiple award-winning Empire Rye Batch 7, released in 2023, is the last batch not to be barreled of our Empire Rye—our first with a three-year age statement—our annual releases will be bottled at barrel The finish brings in that wonderful barrel funk I love about Kings County, a damp oak sweeping in for

Special Reserve, Weller Antique 107, Weller Full Proof, Weller 12 Year, Weller C.Y.P.B. and Weller Single Barrel Undisclosed wheated mash bill Proof:  125.8° Age:  12 years and 6 months (a blend of 12-14 year old barrels yearly release letter: Nose:  Upon first lifting the glass to my nose, I find the rich, old, funky barrel The feeling is that of thick, rich quality, reminiscent of a bygone era of traditionally lower barrel The wheated mash bill feels a bit washed out in all the barrel influence from this 12-14 year old barrel

Having gone to the distillery to pick a single barrel twice now, there was no time in which a wheated discussions with some of Willett's incredibly small team, I've gathered that a majority of the good barrels Coming back to the nose shows off subtle barrel funk and more caramel tones. Great barrel funk proliferates late in the glass. If the Barrell Craft Spirits motto rings "blended to never blend in," one might describe this release

Further identification:   First aged in Cedar Ridge ex-bourbon barrels A few swirls release a beautiful barrel funk that reminds me of a distant memory of what dusty old single Another sip is a tip-toe down creaky wood stairs for a midnight snack of toasted bread and grape jam From learning the vast history of whiskey making to celebrating the passion of the industry, she tastes

2024 releases, but it also makes understanding which ones are worth the hunt even more complicated for barrel I have tasted them all side by side and now have three sober tastings under my belt for this particular profile here, as I am left with a mouthful of a synthetic tingle with little of the accompanying joy that barrel With a noticeably short for my typically verbose tasting prose, I have to call this one a dud.

Barrels were filled on December 29th, 2005, from a mash bill of 78% corn, 10% rye, and 12% malted barley Bernheim Distillery: the world’s largest independent, family-owned Bourbon distillery, producing 1,300 barrels continue raising the bar of bourbon with their limited edition offerings as more of their 10+ million barrels available now at an MSRP of $300 Nose: Upon lifting the well-rested glass to my nose, I find a distinct barrel this 17 year to be more in line with some of the vintage Heaven Hill releases (think old Elijah Craig barrel