soonershrink
Barrell Craft Spirits Gray Label Whiskey 24 Year (2021 Release)
Canadian — (bottled in) Kentucky, Canada
Reviewed
May 15, 2022 (edited October 6, 2022)
Birthday pour, last night. Couldn't find anything 44 years-old, so I settled on a 24 year-old. Between this and the Seagrass 16 year, I was expecting to like the Seagrass better (review upcoming), but this one surprised me.
On the nose, I think the closest thing in my cabinet is Redbreast 12 Cask Strength. Fruit, tropical even. On the palate, it's butterscotch, followed by tropical fruit basket, followed by rye-like spices, peppery. Really pleasurable complexity and development that moves between different and distinct notes. It's really good. Really really good.
It's better than RB CS, which is among some of my favorites in the cabinet right now. The RB tastes hotter and doesn't have the complexity that this has. I've gone back and forth between a 4.75 and a 5, but I'm going with a 5. And surprisingly, I liked this better than the Seagrass 16.
Once again, huge thank you to @pkingmartin for what was a delicious birthday treat.
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Happy belated birthday! I'm glad that your birthday dram turned out to be so great :)
Another year in the books..congrats
Happy Belated Bday!
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday!
Happy belated Birthday and glad you liked it. This is one of my favorites with those tropical fruits, tea, floral and light rye flavors. I look forward to reading your review on the Seagrass 16.