Distiller Notes
2021 San Francisco World Spirits Double Gold Medal Winner
As a tribute to shared Irish and American Artistry: Heaven's Door Master Blender Ryan Perry and Redbreast Master Blender Billy Leighton collaborated on the 10-year-old Heaven’s Door Straight Bourbon Whiskey finished in casks used for Redbreast Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey.
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Aged for ten years and finished in Redbreast casks, this 100- proof whiskey emits a rapturous perfume of maple and oatmeal with dried cherry and dark chocolate. The dark cherries are mirrored on the palate, where they’re encompassed by cedar spiked with black pepper, cumin, and walnut. The intensity of apricot tart, honeyed tangerine, and a copper-penny effect puts us on Cloud Nine. Showing perfect pitch, this chorus of flavors finishes with a coda of cassis, orange peel, and licorice.
Although Bourbon may be produced anywhere in the United States, it is most commonly associated with Bourbon County, Kentucky, where it has been produced since the late 18th century. Made from a mash bill containing at least 51% corn, the Bourbon Whiskey distillate must be aged in new, charred white oak barrels. Bourbon Whiskeys are bottled at eighty proof (40% abv) or higher and cannot contain any added color or flavor. A versatile spirit that can be sipped neat, with water or on the rocks, it also performs nicely added to cocktails like the Old Fashioned.