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A Midwinter Night's Dram is a seasonal release from High West and this bottling marks the 10th annual edition. It begins as a blend of straight rye whiskeys which are made from two mash bill recipes: one is a 95% rye/5% malted barley distilled in Indiana and the other is an 80% rye/20% malted rye made at High West in Utah. Then the rye blend is further finished in ruby and tawny port casks. Prior to 2018, the brand sourced the rye whiskeys for this release, but it now features its own distillate. Please note: The Act reflects the batch number (Act 10 is the 2022 release) while the Scene is the bottling date. Available in limited quantities as of October 2022. (SRP $150 nationwide $125 Utah only)

Uncle Nearest Straight Rye begins with rye whiskey sourced from Canada. Then it's aged further in New York (four years minimum) before a final trip to Tennessee where it rests in used Uncle Nearest whiskey barrels for further maturation. The barrels are then tasted and blended by Master Blender Victoria Eady Butler. Uncle Nearest Straight Rye is the brand's first nationally released whiskey since 1884 Small Batch Whiskey which launched in 2019. Bottled at 100 proof, it's available to purchase as of November 10, 2022 at the Nearest Green Distillery in Shelbyville, Tennessee with a further national roll out throughout the month of November. (SRP $59)

Released on November 1, 2022, the 10th edition of Black Art continues the tradition of the brand not revealing the specific details about the whisky's components, particularly the types of barrels used for maturation. Head Distiller Adam Hannett has creative control of the Black Art. A few things that we do know are that the single malt whisky is unpeated and has been aged on Islay for a minimum of 29 years. It's bottled without added color or chill-filtration at 45.1% ABV.