High West Double Rye

High West Silver Whiskey Western Oat

Assay #11F01, Bottle 1068. Once again, I look at High West to try out another whiskey category: this time, the un-aged oak whiskey (admittedly, a rather limited category, but hey! It's available in Québec). Drunk neat. Nose: Very powerful, and also very different from any whisky I've tried before: it actually reminds me a bit of white tequila. I...

Score 78/100

High West Campfire

On August 15, 2020, a small group of us had a Zoom Tasting of 4 mystery samples. We had received them from **@Fiddich1980** and tried them earlier, and then we went through them together. 2 of the 4 samples were whiskies and this is the second of two reviews from that set. While Highwest refuses to divulge the exact contents of this whisky, we...

Score 84/100

High West Campfire

This Campfire from High West is a bit of an oddball. It is a blend of bourbon and rye and peated whisky from Scotland. Legend has it that David Perkins, the man behind High West, got pancakes with syrup for breakfast while visiting Islay. The syrup was created with Bruichladdich and he was so taken with it, that he wanted Islay whisky in his...

Score 83/100

High West American Prairie Reserve

This American whiskey is named after the great wildlife preserve in the northeast of Montana, a project that is supported by the distillery (they donate a percentage of their profit to the preserve). This is actually a blend of two bourbons, a 6 years old from Seagrams in Lawrenceburg (Indiana) and a 10 years old from Four Roses. The nose is rife...

Score 80/100