Screw cognac, rum or sherry casks, bourbon appears to be best served by Armagnac casks. I have a rye finished cask, an ex-bourbon cask finish, a manhattan cask finish and of course the regular High West American Prarie Bourbon but this seems to have found a balance and a depth that nothing else has. This is the best version of the HWAPB I’ve had. High West American Prairie Bourbon Barrel Select – Final Thoughts and Score High West should make this a regular thing… This is the perfect fusion of everything I love about Bourbon and Armagnac together in one bottle. High West American Prairie Bourbon Barrel Select – OverallĪroma is sweet and heavy with a solid oak character but a bit of water adds a butteriness to it that takes this to the next level and makes me want a room that smells like this in my house – it’s warm and inviting like fresh baked goods Palate hits the same, but picks up a bit of menthol as it opens and, with water, a larger dose of brown sugar and cocoa wafts through on the heavy spice currents Finish is sweet and oaky and spicy and a wonderful experience to end with. Long -> Grapey dark fruit, brown sugar, cinnamon spice and oak. SPICE!, oak, dried dark fruit, cocoa, honey, leather, nuts, vanilla, citrus zest, brown sugar and a strong grapey Armagnac profile. Oak, Manuka honey, dried dark fruit, complex spice, toffee, vanilla, cocoa and light touches of fresh pastries, vegetal notes and grain. The old Gascogne oak does a lot to frame the excellent bourbon flavors without masking or marring the inherent goodness that the High West blending team has created.” – K&L Tasting Notes Price: $55 “We’re pretty picky about barrel finishes, but High West is consistently knocking it out of the park. Mash Bill: 75% Corn, 21% Rye, 4% Malted Barley (MGP) | 84% Corn, 8% Rye, 8% Malted Barley (Other)Ĭask Strength | Non-Chill Filtered | Natural Color High West American Prairie Bourbon Barrel Select – Details and Tasting Notesĭistiller: MGP + Undisclosed (KY – likely Barton) It’s long enough for a typically low-spice whiskey to pick up some bigger spice notes synonymous with Armagnac, and that’s exactly what’s happened here. The barrel this bottle came from, was picked by K&L and it was finished in an Armagnac barrel for 1 year and 9 months. While technically true a bourbon stops being a bourbon if it’s finished in a used barrel, like these Barrel Select picks are, it definitely doesn’t stop being delicious. And let’s be clear, there is nothing wrong with that. Here we have a bourbon that’s not a bourbon: High West American Prairie Bourbon Barrel Select.
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