A part of of its annual summer time launch season, the whiskey makers at 291 Colorado Whiskey just lately launched 291 Colorado Straight Bourbon Whiskey Batch #3.
This expression was matured in deep-charred, new American white oak barrels, and the limited-edition, barrel choose launch comes from whiskey harvested at 5, 4 and two years.
In a ready assertion from 291, Head distiller Eric Jett mentioned, “Batch #3 of our 291 Colorado Straight Bourbon Whiskey strikes the right steadiness between spicy and candy.”
291 Colorado Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Batch #3) (picture through 291 Colorado Whiskey)
The distiller mentioned the aroma is filled with graham crackers, heavy on cinnamon, cloves, and white pepper. “However this spice is equally met with dried cherries and cacao powder, together with a contact of earthy rooibos tea and recent pine sap. It’s an aroma that continues to shock and entice as extra time is spent with it,” Jett famous.
He defined that the palate shares most of the similar qualities because the nostril, however with hearth roasted oranges becoming a member of the combination. The cacao powder from the nostril transforms right into a refined chocolate syrup on the palate. Cinnamon, oak, and citrus linger on the end.
Batch #3 clocks in at 133.4 proof. Most of this whiskey will likely be offered on the 291 Tasting Room in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and some choose retailers. The particular launch has a advised retail value of $199.
Distiller’s notes:
291 Colorado Straight Bourbon Whiskey Completed with Aspen Wooden Staves Batch #3
- 447 bottles
- 133.4 Proof / 66.7% ABV
- Spice notes of cinnamon graham crackers, cloves, white pepper and candy notes of cacao powder. Wooden notes of oak and pine. Fruit notes of dried cherries and roasted oranges. Earthy taste of rooibos tea.
291 Colorado Whiskey is the eagerness venture of a former New York Metropolis trend photographer and was first created in a small basement from a nonetheless produced from outdated copper photographic plates. 291 is grain-to-barrel-to-bottle, and the distillery’s whiskeys are completed with toasted staves of Colorado aspen timber.
For extra info, try www.distillery291.com.
