Oddly, Excessive West’s first bonded whiskey wasn’t a bourbon however a rye, which arrived in 2024. It took one other couple of years for the pure follow-up, a bourbon, to lastly hit the market. The whiskey is made completely by Excessive West in Utah and from an uncommon, barley-free mashbill of 64% corn and 36% rye. This inaugural 2025 launch is aged for 4 years and 5 months earlier than bottling.
Let’s dig in.
Excessive West Bottled in Bond Bourbon Evaluation
The dearth of barley within the mash right here is quickly detectable, the whiskey that includes a somewhat biting, aggressive nostril that’s heavy on toasted corn and layered with inexperienced herbs, torched grass, and a little bit of asphalt. Altogether it’s fairly savory and nutty, with gritty aromas of peanut shells enduring.
The palate retains its playing cards near the vest, with loads of peanut-popcorn notes in attendance, however with minimal sweetness to talk of. This can be a whiskey with youth, a chewy and earthy expertise that wants appreciable time in glass to heat up. It will get partway there, some soothingly candy peanut butter notes and apple slices for dipping offering one thing to get somewhat enthusiastic about, with rising brown butter notes giving the late sport a cookie-like high quality to discover. Nonetheless, this all feels performed very restrained and immature, the rye part underdeveloped and overtly natural, and a end that’s overly acidic but additionally surprisingly flat.
On its deserves, it’s positive as a cocktail mixer, however as an $80 bonded expression it faces excessive competitors in each high quality and worth. The rye is significantly extra fascinating.
100 proof. Reviewed: Batch #25G09.
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Excessive West Bottled in Bond Bourbon
USD80
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