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Orphan Barrel Lost Prophet 22 Year Old 45.05%.This bottle consists of liquid rescued from the Stitzel-Weller warehouse but apparently distilled at the old Bernheim distillery (now Heaven Hill). Orphan Barrel Old Blowhard 26 Year Old 45.35%.This Whiskey spent 15 contemplative years in charred American white oak barrels. Orphan Barrel Forged Oak 15 Year Old 45.25%.This bottle consists of liquid produced at the former Bernheim distillery in Kentucky, now the site of Heaven Hill. Orphan Barrel Barterhouse 20 Year Old 45.1%.The whisky was distilled somewhere in Kentucky, but like all Orphan Barrel releases, was bottled at Cascade Hollow distillery in Tennessee, the home of George Dickel. Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 21 Year Old Bourbon Whiskey 45.1%.Its padded interior is stamped with the various Orphan Barrel icons. More details on each selection can be found below from its creator and, as for the packaging, it consists of a custom wood finished crate with a front panel that opens and folds back to reveal the bottles.
Orphan barrel bourbon archive#
Yeah I know it’s Diageo (boo hiss whatever) and I know that the marketing is silly, but the bourbon is good and at the end of the day THAT’s the only thing that truly matters.The Orphan Barrel Archive Collection features six variants of bottlings from the larger pool of whiskeys, some of which have come and gone already in the market. $90 for 20 year old bourbon? Look at the Elijah Criag 23 year or the Pappy 20 year? That stuff is all going for $200+ and here you have a 20 year old bourbon from a great distillery that you can snag for 1/2 of that (if you can still find it). Good balance with a rich thick body and an oily texture that runs a bit hot but is fully manageable.Īll the BS marketing aside I really do enjoy the Orphan Barrel Barterhouse and if you think about it, it’s not a shabby deal. I know you’re going to be surprised by this, but oak dominates the finish and some light notes of caramel, cardamum, cinnamon, leather and vanilla round it out on it’s long slow fade. Though the palate takes it even further and introduces notes of leather and tobacco to the group. Rye spice kicks things off… just kidding, it’s wood! The woody nose translates to a woody palate that gets some added dark sweet notes of caramel, burnt pastry, brown sugar and molasses which get joined by the same rich baking spices and dark fruit notes from the nose. There is a strange wood varnish character hanging out underneath all of the dark rich notes, but it’s not strong enough to be distracting. 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.
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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.