High West Bourye (Batch #1)

This is a blend of straight bourbon and two straight rye whiskeys: thus the name. Very interesting indeed. But how does it taste? It’s clean crisp and quite vibrant (especially on the nose). The rye note is evident throughout. It starts out more like a high rye-content bourbon with the molasses caramel coconut cream sweet corn and honey-kissed fruit marrying nicely with the dried spice (vanilla cinnamon brisk mint). But then on the latter half of the palate the rye really kicks in. The whiskey gets bold the rye becomes intense (almost piercing) with a dried spice finish. Some whiskeys are even keeled throughout. This one is more of an adventure. Not complex enough for “classic status” but a very distinctive enjoyable whiskey.