Barrell Craft Spirits Gray Label Bourbon Release 4
Barrell Craft Spirits · Barrell Craft Spirits (sourced, blended in Louisville, KY)
Barrell's blending program remains one of the most quietly excellent operations in bourbon. This release rewards patience — give it ten minutes in the glass and secondary aromas of maple and carnation emerge. A cask-strength pour that earns every decimal of its proof.
Nose
Waves of dark caramel and toasted pecan give way to a deeper layer of charred oak and dried cherry. There's a persistent butterscotch sweetness that never becomes cloying, tempered by dried tobacco leaf.
Palate
Full-bodied and viscous, the entry is all brown sugar and roasted corn before cinnamon-edged spice rises through the mid-palate. Rye grain prickle sharpens the edges, while a cocoa undercurrent adds weight.
Finish
Long and warming, with charred oak lingering alongside a final note of vanilla and leather.
- Mash Bill
- Undisclosed (sourced blend)
- Barrel Type
- New charred American Oak
- Bottled in Bond
- No
- Single Barrel
- No
- Wheated
- No
Cocktail Suggestion
Copper Drift Old Fashioned — 2 oz Barrell Gray Label Bourbon · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · 3 dashes Angostura bitters · 1 dash orange bitters · Stir over ice, strain over a large cube, express orange peel.
Food Pairing
Smoked pork belly with apple butter glaze
Founded in 2013 by former bond trader Joe Beatrice, Barrell Craft Spirits built its reputation not on distilling but on the exacting art of blending sourced barrels in their Louisville workshop.
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