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Smokeye Hill Barrel Proof Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Bourbon — Colorado, USA
Reviewed
July 8, 2025 (edited January 14, 2026)
💨 Smokeye Hill Barrel Proof Straight Bourbon Whiskey Heirloom Blue Corn at 132.4 Proof 🥃
🥃 Welcome back, Bourbon Buds! 🥃
You’ve landed once again at Belmont Bjorn’s Bourbon Banter, where the pours are potent, the facts are fire, and the banter never takes itself too seriously.
Tonight’s pour? A beast. A banger. A barrel-proof bruiser. Say hello to Smokeye Hill Barrel Proof Straight Bourbon Whiskey—specifically, the 134.2 proof edition of their small batch series. And folks… this one ain’t here to whisper sweet nothings. It came to kick the saloon doors open and drop caramel bombs on your palate. 💣🍯🔥
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🔥 A Little Bourbon Backstory:
Smokeye Hill’s barrel proof series ranges from 131.0 all the way up to this flamethrower at 134.2, and here’s the kicker—the “low end” 131.0 won Best Small Batch Bourbon at the ASCOT Awards (shout out to the American Spirits Council of Tasters 🏅).
That’s right—5 votes went to Smokeye’s 131.0…
👋 Bye-bye, George T. Stagg (2 votes)
👋 Sorry, Ben Holladay Rickhouse Proof (3 votes)
Smokeye Hill stole the show—and that same award-winning magic is likely swirling right here in this 134.2-proof beauty.
Oh, and let’s not forget:
🏆 Double Gold Winner at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC). That’s like the Olympics for bourbon, and Smokeye Hill came home with gold around its neck.
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📦 Now for the Bourbon Nerds (you know who you are 😏):
• Distillate sourced from the legendary Ross & Squibb (formerly MGP) out of Lawrenceburg, Indiana
• Barreled, aged, and bottled by Hazelwood Spirits Co. in beautiful Colorado Springs, CO
• Aged over 5 years, this bourbon blends 20–30 barrels, both 30-gallon and 53-gallon, with chars ranging from #2 to #5. That means flavor layers on flavor layers—sweet oak, deep spice, roasted caramel, and maybe a little Colorado mountain swagger. 🏔️🥃
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🎥 For the full tasting, my reactions, and a couple dad jokes that probably went too far—check out the video!
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The link to the bottle: 💨 Smokeye Hill Barrel Proof Straight Bourbon Whiskey Heirloom Blue Corn at 132.4 Proof 🥃
https://youtu.be/9fi17prymKs
Cheers, friends! 🥃
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