This visit marked my second and third barrels with Dark Arts. Dark Arts Whiskey House secret sauce is their finishing. We had been talking for months about doing a white port/red port rye and when I got there….I didn’t like ANY of them.
One of the best things about doing a pick with Dark Arts is they put everything they have ready to bottle out and it’s like an endless buffet. It’s almost impossible to NOT find something you like and this visit was proof of that.
After thoroughly going through EVERYTHING, we actually were going to pass on a SIB or finished barrel….then I saw a box in the corner and asked “what are those?”
Those were a box of 11-13yr rye’s that they hadn’t gone through and put in the rotation. We broke out the box and went through everyone….and this TRIN-5 was unreal. Like no Rye I’ve ever had. At 107 proof it had the mouth feel of a 120+ and drank like a 95 proof. I would have NEVER guessed this was a 95/5 MGP rye. Completely mind blown
I’ll take this one
I’ve got mad respect for Macauley and love what he does. I shot him this Tater Sticker for his 👍🏻 before I put his photo on a bottle. He loved it so much he asked for the art file and had it printed on larger format canvas and has it hanging in the Tasting room….so if you’re ever there, you know where the “Supper with Macauley” came from
Bottle details for the new and a refresher for the OG’s
💥 Sourced MGP
💥95% Rye 🌾 – 5% Malted Barley
💥 13yr
💥 107.4 Proof
💥 Distilled in Indiana, Partially aged in KY
**my bottles got lost/mis-routed and on a long tour of the country. Almost 5 weeks later they still aren’t here, so bottle photo to come later.
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