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Barrell’s First Apricot Bourbon
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A first for Barrell
At the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Barrell poured an apricot finished whiskey we couldn’t stop thinking about. What would apricot brandy do to a bourbon? Barrell had never tried it. So we made one with them: an 8 year, cask strength bourbon finished in apricot brandy barrels.
Aged8 Years
Proof104, Cask
Strength
FinishApricot
Brandy
Value$110
Full StoryWe’ve worked with Barrell for years. Then, at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, they poured an apricot finished whiskey we couldn’t stop thinking about. One question followed us all weekend: what would apricot do to a bourbon?
Barrell had never tried it. Bourbon is bold, with char, oak and a little bitterness under the sweet. Apricot brandy brings bright, golden fruit. On paper they should fight. In the glass, the fruit lifts the bourbon instead of covering it up.
Master blender Nic Christiansen sent samples in batches. We tasted, sent notes back, and another round arrived. Then one stopped us cold. It isn’t our blend or their blend. We built it together, and it’s the bottle in your first box.
Tasting Notes
Nose: Ripe apricot and peach, like walking past an orchard at the peak of the season.
Palate: Rich caramel up front, deep and warm, with the char and oak right where they should be.
Finish: A long, slow wave of apricot brandy that rolls back in and stays with you.
How to drink it: Neat first. Then add a few drops of water and let the apricot open up.
The SpecsWhy cask strength mattersMost bourbon is cut with water before it’s bottled. This one isn’t. You taste it at the 104 proof the barrels gave it, so the apricot, caramel and oak all come through at full volume.
Want it softer? A few drops of water open it right up, and you decide how much.
Who Barrell Bourbon isA blending house serious bourbon drinkers know by name. Barrell doesn’t run its own distillery. Their team sources barrels from many suppliers and blends them by hand, led by founder Joe Beatrice, Chief Whiskey Scientist Tripp Stimson and master blender Nic Christiansen.
Both names are on this label, and you won’t find it on a regular store shelf.
“Golden apricot, warm
caramel and toasted oak.
It tastes like fall in a glass.”
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