geologyjane
High West A Midwinter Night's Dram
Rye — (bottled in) Utah, USA
Reviewed
September 11, 2019 (edited November 28, 2019)
This will be brief, as I can’t do a proper tasting of this like I’d like to (but it’s so good I have to say so!). High West’s A Midwinter Night’s Dram was shared at a tasting among friends and was clearly the stand out of the night. Absolutely delicious stuff.
My memory of it is so fond, I’m tempted to give it a 4.5 but I will restrain myself. I would gladly pick a bottle of the older Acts if I happen to come across one some day.
4.25 ~ 90-92 ~ Excellent
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you won't come across older ones haha
@PBMichiganWolverine thanks. Will still try and find Del Bac, sounded great.
@Scott_E definitely. If you haven’t had the Del Bac Dorado, I’ll save a pour of that too. That was simple amazing
@PBMichiganWolverine no doubt. Great find. If you ever open, save me a pour.
@Scott_E I literally stumbled on Act 2 last week while I was looking for Del Bac. The store owner had it priced at $80. Immediate purchase.
@PBMichiganWolverine @geologyjane Agree, Acts 2 & 3 were crazy good. Lesser goodness in Act 4. Haven’t had 5 (still unopened) and 6 was good, not great, like the earlier versions. Price point now comes into play with the “lesser” goodness.
@geologyjane I just bought one for $45...not a bad price.
I really appreciate the recommendation @PBMichiganWolverine - not sure I would have found that one otherwise. I would like to relive the experience of AMWND but with the increase in price and (purported) decline in quality, it would be nice to try something similar but different (in a good way).
@geologyjane pre-act 5, these were easily available for $85. Now, well over $125-150. I’ve heard Sagamore Spirits port cask rye comes very close to this, at a fraction of the price
@PBMichiganWolverine I was a bit later to this one, I tried Act 5 (and I believe it was Scene 3)
I thought some of the early ones were phenomenal ( esp act 2 to 4). Act 6, which had their own distillate wasn’t to the same level