![]() ![]() ![]() Big ole woody nose that has notes of caramel, vanilla, butterscotch, complex cherry heavy dark fruit and rich baking spices (cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and so on) hanging from it like ripe apples. Orphan Barrel Barterhouse Bourbon Reviewĭistiller: Heaven Hill Distillery (New Bernheim) Sure there are still some shenanigans taking place, but it’s getting better so kudos to them for that small step. Instead they’re take a more honest approach and saying that they’re looking at old stocks of whiskey, finding what’s good and putting it out. ![]() I bring this up because at a recent Diageo tasting for the 2 latest Orphans, Forged Oak and Lost Prophet, Diageo has changed their story and even the brand ambassador in charge that night was cracking jokes about how you can’t lose a barrel. The long and short of it is that you can’t lose a barrel in a warehouse. That ruse lasted about 2 seconds on the internet as folks like Chuck Cowdery picked up the scent of misinformation and ran with it. When the Orphan Barrel Barterhouse came out Diageo was claiming that they “found” these barrels in Stitzel Weller and didn’t know where they came from. ![]()
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