Great balance, medium body and a round oily feel. Long and spicy with bold notes of dark sweets, fruit, wood and char… but no smoke. No real nuanced notes here, it’s rather bold the entire way, and again there’s no smoke… Spicy dilly rye pops and cruises across the palate on a road paved with dark sweets, oak, fruit, citrus and vanilla taffy. I was hoping the campfire barrel would add a bit of that to the aroma. Citrus peels and vanilla taffy come through lightly, but I’m disappointed there’s no smoke. Price: $50 High West Double Rye Barrel Select Reviewĭilly spice (cinnamon and anise-like) roll out the welcome mat followed by a thick bit of caramel and toffee (dark sweets), dark fruit and cocoa. Non-Chill Filtered | Natural Color | Single Barrel Mashbill: MGP = 95% Rye, 5% Malted Barley | Barton = 53% Rye, 37% Corn, 10% Malted BarleyĬask: New Charred Oak + Ex-Campfire Cask for 19 months Was it worth it? Let’s find out! High West Double Rye Barrel Select Infoīlend: 2-Years-Old MGP + More-Than-2-Years-Old Barton This particular barrel was purchased by a group of us on r/Bourbon through an online liquor store who worked as our legal retailer so it could all funnel through the proper channels and adhear to America’s three tier system. Liquor stores and private parties have the ability to take part in the single barrel program and snag their own High West Double Rye Barrel Select, you just have to go through the proper channels. It’s somehow become the color of rye whiskey. The MGP rye is the typical 95/5 that gets used by a large array of companies, most notably it’s the rye in George Dickel Rye and Bulleit Rye, both of which sport green labels. The typical Double Rye is a blend of 2-year-old MGP rye an “older”, “barely legal”, Barton rye. High West Double Rye Barrel Select is a single barrel offering of the traditional High West Double Rye that’s been aged for an additional 19 months in a used cask.
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