Barrell Craft Spirits Bourbon 15 Year Review
To celebrate the successes of the past year and to toast the new year we ve created barrell bourbon new year 2020 limited edition.
Barrell craft spirits bourbon 15 year review. Independent bottler barrell craft spirits has introduced a new line of sourced cask strength limited edition spirits. Barrell craft spirits. Batch 023 is barrell craft spirits latest release in their flagship barrell bourbon product line. This affords us access to some of the most interesting and delicious spirits in the.
The intent of the project according to the folks at barrell. This first very limited release includes three offerings. Barrell craft spirits 15 year bourbon comparison 2018 release vs 2019 release joint review. This complex 15 year old bourbon was blended and bottled at peak maturity so you can experience its true flavor.
Like all of the barrell products each is released at cask strength. The folks behind the always interesting barrell bourbon have launched a new high end limited release line barrell craft spirits bcs. At cask strength this weighed in at 105 1 proof. In bourbon whiskey reviews by shawn jackson february 5 2019 this complex 15 year old bourbon was blended and bottled at peak maturity so you can experience its true flavor.
Since it first hit the shelves barrell bourbon has been a premium offering and it has continued to move upmarket with the recently released barrell craft spirits line. It is a perfect union of grain and barrel with an old oaky nose and a deep honey maple palate that reveals the lushness of the grain. Barrell craft spirits based in louisville kentucky is an independent blender and bottler of unique aged cask strength sourced whiskey and rum recognized for its blending expertise. A bourbon a whiskey and a rum.
The initial release consists of a 25 year old american whiskey finished in sercial madeira casks a 13 year old rum and a 15 year old bourbon. In early 2019 i received a message from a member u dburke17 on a subreddit called r bourbon. It s comprised of reserves from some of our batches and other choice barrels coming from 5 distilleries in 5 states. Barrell craft spirits bourbon 15 years old.
We design produce and launch spirits with a focus on what people want now and not what has been successful in the past. It is bottled in kentucky at a cask strength of 105 1 proof. It is made from a blend of 15 year old straight bourbon whiskeys distilled and aged in tennessee kentucky and indiana. The 15 year bourbon the product we are reviewing here was released as a blend of tennessee indiana and kentucky bourbons.
This bottling is one of three to launch in november 2018. Set to reach markets as early as february 2020 this batch blends bourbons from three states with a minimum age of 10 years though the blend includes 10 12 and 15 year old barrels with an interesting batching process first the 10 and 12 year old barrels were blended together and left to mingle. He would eventually help me secure my first bottle of that batch. It is a perfect union of grain and barrel with an old oaky nose and a deep honey maple palate that reveals the lushness of the grain.