Jason Pyle has a website at www.sourmashmanifesto. The finish is fruity with lingering notes of….well, campfire Vibrant, zippy wood spices and smoky peat add interest and complexity. High West Distillery in Wanship, Utah is a 30,000 square foot world-class distillery and visitor center featuring educational tours and High West’s unique country-western cuisine. The palate hits quickly with honey, dried fruits (golden raisin and apricot) and vanilla up front. High West offers an outstanding collection of highly rated whiskeys in finer liquor stores, bars, and restaurants in 49 states throughout the U.S. High West Campfire Whiskey: The nose opens up bright and fruity with honeyed golden fruits, toffee, and well integrated hints of peat and smoldering wood. I am looking forward to seeing where this goes. Is this a one-and-done or the start of a global blending trend? Not sure, but I am not surprised that some renegades from Utah have done what nobody before them have. For the record, I preferred the peatiest of the group, but enjoyed the chosen blend immensely. Each brought different elements to the table, but the one that will be released May 4th weekend was the fruitiest and brightest of the three. Recently I was able to taste the three final blends High West was deciding on for final release. What is important is High West is the first American Distillery to produce a blended whiskey containing peated Scotch, proving nothing is off limits for these guys. An 8 year old peated Scotch whisky from the Scottish mainland is the final whiskey mated to these Americans.ĭavid Perkins is not at liberty to enlighten us on the origins of the peated whisky based on agreements (understanding rather) with the source distillery.A 5.5 year old rye whiskey distilled at LDI, and aged in the upper floors of the famous Stitzel-Weller Warehouses in Kentucky.A Six year old bourbon distilled and aged at Lawrenceburg Distillers Indiana (LDI now Midwest Grain Products).Campfire is a blend of the following whiskeys: Some of you Peat Hounds out there might see where this is going.
It’s a marvelous blend of 16 and 6 year old rye whiskeys.Īfter a relatively quiet 2011, High West has even outdone itself with the distillery’s upcoming release, Campfire Whiskey. My favourite High West whiskey to date has been the Rendezvous Rye. Many of High West’s whiskeys consist of straight ryes, blended to form what Perkins describes as “something better than the sum of their parts”. It was one of the first to capitalize on the rye whiskey boom that emerged over the last 3 years in the United States. This move proved quite successful for the distillery. High West decided to follow a model similar to Compass Box Whiskey Company– sourcing and blending selected whiskeys. In the meantime, Perkins was itching to put some unique products on the market until the distillery’s young whiskey was deemed ready. David, a former biochemist, was inspired to open his own distillery. When it comes to blended whiskey, America’s a mere babbling babe compared to its Scottish and Irish brothers High West Distillery was founded in 2006 by husband and wife duo David and Jane Perkins.
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