Tasting Notes by Brand: Barrell Craft Spirits

Rating 8/ 10
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Barrell Whiskey American Vatted Malt 2021 59.11%

Nose: Banana bread, nutritional yeast, cedar plank, meringue.

Palate: Banana bread with chocolate chips, olive oil, wintergreen, warm cedar, chewing tobacco, sasparilla, almost with hints of rye bread

Rating: 8 (Ryan) 7 (Shane) / 10 – what a wild ride. Barrel continues to truly impress me. Bottle details available at https://whiskeyhuntaustralia.com/products/barrell-craft-spirits-american-vatted-malt-750ml-59-11

Rating 7/ 10
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Barrell Tramp 18506 American Single Malt Finished Peach Brandy ABV 57.3%

Nose: Pina colada, peaches, apricots

Palate: Crazy fruity and floral

Rating: 7 / 10 – this is so overwhelming and fascinating and weird. This lightly peated single malt was found hiding away after 5 years in a cask that held peated malt on two occasions before holding golden promise Single Malt for a bit over a year. Playing with light heather and sweet peach, we doubled down and clobbered it with an additional 2 months in a Peach Brandy Cask.

Rating 6/ 10
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Barrell Whiskey 18 Year Old Straight Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey. Barrel: A131, thewhiskyguys pick, 116.66 proof

Nose: Turnips, bear squeeze jar honey, green apple peel, hint of brown sugar

Palate: Concentrated punch of flavor, orange blossoms, cachou lajaunie, Physalis (aka golden berry) which are totally unrelated to syphilis despite the awkward overlap.

Rating: 6 / 10 – a pompous and thin fruity mint bomb.