Spirited Saturday - Different Whiskies, Different Barrels

Jack Daniel’s Heritage Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey, 100 proof

Regular price: $80 per bottle

Sale price: $70 per bottle

Heritage Barrel smooths the rough edges found in standard Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select and delivers a really enjoyable sweet-oak balance, which tends to be the territory toasted bourbons lean into. The combination of Jack Daniel’s maple charcoal mellowing process and unusually long aging time in a toasted barrel makes for a whiskey that really changes up the normal script.

High Wire ‘Jimmy Red’ Double Oak Straight Bourbon, 107 proof

Regular price: $85 per bottle

Sale price: $75 per bottle

High Wire’s Jimmy Red Double Oak Bourbon dials up flavor intensity to a high degree. It has a grounded nutty underpinning akin to mixed nuts with a surge of roasted pecan on the palate. Caramelized sugar, red grapes, dried fruit, dense oak, and vanilla cream add depth, with hints of toasted oak, raspberry, and cinnamon-sugar toast in the finish. It’s an earthy, full-flavored affair that explores a unique flavor profile spectrum without straying too far off course 

Teeling Small Batch Rum Cask Finish Irish Whiskey, 92 proof

Regular price: $42 per bottle

Sale price: $37 per bottle

 This small batch whiskey delivers inviting notes of vanilla and oak, a distinct sweetness, an exotic fruit profile and the rich, roasted caramel and toffee character of malted barley. Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey is crafted using grain and malt whiskeys that aged separately in ex-bourbon barrels and finished in Central American rum casks. 

Old Potrero Toasted Oak Wine Barrel Finish Rye Whiskey, 114.6 proof

Regular price: $90 per bottle

Sale price: $80 per bottle

The Old Potrero Toasted Barrel Rye Whiskey Finished in Gundlach Bundschu Gewürztraminer Barrels (57.3% ABV) represents a collaboration with Sonoma’s award-winning winery, founded in the 1850s. The five-year, eight-month aged rye whiskey received an additional 14-month finish in the wine barrels. The expression presents ripe fruit, grassy notes and caramel on the nose, with candied caramel, cantaloupe and tropical fruit on the palate, finishing with floral notes, ginger root and subtle fruit characteristics.

Kentucky Nectar Honey Cask Finish Straight Bourbon, 105 proof

Regular price: $85 per bottle

Sale price: $75 per bottle

Midweight in the glass, it zips across the front of the palate before warming up the back. Chewy and oily in texture, it opens with cherry cola, then layers in honey, molasses, vanilla, cinnamon, and clove. A slight cola note and trace of tobacco bring up the finish—long, drying, and hard to forget. 

Kilchoman 9 year old Madeira Cask Finish Single Malt Whiskey, 113 proof

Regular price: $125 per bottle

Sale price: $110 per bottle

Founded in 2005, Kilchoman was the first new distillery to be built on Islay in over 124 years. Anthony Wills, Kilchoman Founder, set out to resurrect the grassroots tradition of farm distilling. They do everything on-site, even their own maltings. Boldly opening with notes of toffee, caramel, and earthy peat smoke, this unabashedly rich whisky is chock full of candied orange, chocolate, savory tobacco, and glowing ember. Balanced on the finish, as rich smoke continues, blending into candied citrus and stewed fruits. 

Abraham Lincoln Brigade 

1 ½ oz Jack Daniel’s Heritage

½ oz Fino Sherry

¼ oz orange liqueur

Orange twist garnish

Add all ingredients with ice in a mixing glass. 

Rub orange twist over the rim of a chilled ‘up’ glass and drop into glass. 

Stir (don’t shake!) ingredients and strain into glass.