Barrell Craft Spirits 20 Year Gold Label Seagrass r/Bourbon Exclusive Allocation
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- Distilled: Canada
- Aged: Canada & USA
- Bottled: Kentucky, USA (Barrell Craft Spirits)
- Age: 20 Year Age Statement
- More Info: Gold Label, No Coloring, No Filtering, No Additives, Barrel Strength
- ABV: 63.61% ABV
- Labeling: Gold Label Packaging (Box, Fancy Stopper)
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T8ke's Tasting Notes:
- Nose: Rich and syrupy on the nose, heavy on the DOLE fruit cocktail syrup, cream, hefty oak presence, tons of Apricot and a big ol' dose of bitters.
- Taste: Rich on the palate, it's impressive how much more oak is present here over the 16yr Grey Label Seagrass. Hefty, syrupy, viscous and mega complex. The madeira, rum and apricot all scream their own verse, with plenty of time for a well composed chorus. Honey butter, sweet Apricot jam, toasty oak and caramel, herbal rye and a funky tobacco quality that ties together nicely with a jammy Madeira fruit salad on the back palate.
- Finish: Long finish. Monumental hang time, it lasts for nearly forever. Syrupy, jammy, complex and oaky. It's less violently avant garde than the 16yr, but stands so nicely on its own with oak bringing a new piece of the puzzle to balance the syrupy sweetness and fiery grassiness of the Martinique rum.
- Overall: To me, 16yr Grey Label was the perfect rye. This new incarnation, the 20yr Gold Label, brings a heavy helping of oak to the mix in a way that was more absent before. This brings a new level of balance to the picture, which many will applaud. If you enjoyed Grey Label but wished it drank a little more like it's counterparts with American whiskeys in them as well.
