By Douglas Fraser
Score: A-
Barrell Bourbon Batch 32
(Credit score: Douglas Fraser)
Barrell Craft Spirits is an impartial blender and bottler of whiskeys and different spirits, based mostly in Louisville, KY. Up to now, they’ve created 32 distinctive batches of their signature bourbon, all bottled at cask energy. Every launch is its personal totally different expression, as they’re drawn from totally different distilleries, after which matured, blended and bottled at various proofs.
As for Barrell Bourbon Batch 32, I bought bottle quantity 14,687. One lot for this batch is a mixture of 5 and 6-year-old barrels, and the second is a mixture of 6, 7 and 10-year-old barrels. The bourbon for these two heaps was sourced from three totally different states: Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana. Batch 32 was botted (as at all times) at cask energy, this time 115.34 proof/57.67% ABV.
The Bourbon
The colour right here is tawny, and the nostril begins off mild then dives deep into some fruity bourbon notes of orange peel and cherry. These fruity aromas then fade into extra conventional notes of charred oak, vanilla, brown sugar, and refined hints of sawdust and buttered popcorn. Upon taking my first sip, I observed a excessive stage of depth on the palate. Tasting on the youthful facet, I used to be capable of detect notes of cinnamon, toasted marshmallow, oak, vanilla, ginger, and a slight cherry notice. The end is lengthy and warming with fading sweetness however refined lingering notes of cherry, oak, and vanilla.
The Value
The DSRP for Barrell Bourbon Batch 32 is $85.
