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Dark Arts Whiskey House 10-Year Double Barrel 109.4 proof - Selected by Seelbach's
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Proof: 109.4
Age: 10 years
Source: Indiana
Bottle count: 324 bottles
Tasting Notes: Orange marmalade, cocoa powder, toffee, caramel, and rounded leather notes. This nose is a beaut.
This has a unique palate, with amburana-esque perfumed aromatics, cinnamon pastry, dark cherry, carrot cake, and slightly herbal caramel - all in the best way possible.
The finish is long and trailing with dark cherry, vanilla, and warming oak.
About: Any barrel pick that ends with a few dozen empty glasses is a good one! That's exactly what happened when I visited Macauley Minton of Dark Arts. Macauley and I met at Wilderness Trail where he ran the barrel program. During his five years there he played around with barrel blends while groups selected. At the end of the tasting he would offer a pour of "Macauley's Blend". Over the years he even started adding some of these blends into the blind selection process. Even more surprising (impressive) his blends would be selected as the favorite. That gave him the confidence to split out on his own and start Dark Arts.
Back to this blend. We started by tasting through a slew of barrels. We hit a group of 10-year 36% rye Indiana bourbon barrels that I loved. From there, Macauley took over and while we were debating which barrel we liked best he worked up a blend. The result was hard to beat. It was a mixed of dried fruit and toffee on the nose with dark cherry and vanilla on the palate. With a unanimous vote, that was the winner.
Proof: 109.4
Age: 10 years
Source: Indiana
Bottle count: 324 bottles
Tasting Notes: Orange marmalade, cocoa powder, toffee, caramel, and rounded leather notes. This nose is a beaut.
This has a unique palate, with amburana-esque perfumed aromatics, cinnamon pastry, dark cherry, carrot cake, and slightly herbal caramel - all in the best way possible.
The finish is long and trailing with dark cherry, vanilla, and warming oak.
About: Any barrel pick that ends with a few dozen empty glasses is a good one! That's exactly what happened when I visited Macauley Minton of Dark Arts. Macauley and I met at Wilderness Trail where he ran the barrel program. During his five years there he played around with barrel blends while groups selected. At the end of the tasting he would offer a pour of "Macauley's Blend". Over the years he even started adding some of these blends into the blind selection process. Even more surprising (impressive) his blends would be selected as the favorite. That gave him the confidence to split out on his own and start Dark Arts.
Back to this blend. We started by tasting through a slew of barrels. We hit a group of 10-year 36% rye Indiana bourbon barrels that I loved. From there, Macauley took over and while we were debating which barrel we liked best he worked up a blend. The result was hard to beat. It was a mixed of dried fruit and toffee on the nose with dark cherry and vanilla on the palate. With a unanimous vote, that was the winner.
