High West A Midwinter Nights Dram Act 11

"Are you sure That we are awake? It seems to me That yet we sleep, we dream." - Demetrius, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 11, Scene 1 - Wm. Shakespeare

Like the works of our favorite playwright, William Shakespeare, a glass of A Midwinter Night’s Dram ® is made to be savored, and over all too quickly. This limited-release whiskey is a sumptuous marriage of rye whiskeys finished in Port barrels. The rye forms a beautiful base of vanilla, caramel, and cinnamon while the Port barrels provide notes of plum, dried fruit, and spice. Like a proper holiday plum pudding, it’s brimming with lovely mulling spices, dried fruits, crème anglaise. Sip it slowly through the coldest night.

Straight Rye Whiskey:  
95% rye, 5% barley malt from MGP;
80% rye, 20% malted rye from HWD

98.6 Proof / 49.3% ABV

TASTING NOTES

Nose:

Brandied cherries, Calimyrna figs, pecan cinnamon rolls, allspice berries, grapefruit zest, French oak shavings, hayride in the fall

Taste:

Poached white peaches, stewed rhubarb, Italian tiramisu, candied ginger, clove, weathered cinnamon bark, fresh-pulled espresso, raspberry tarte on a cedar plan

Finish:

Silky and sumptuous – sticky toffee pudding served with spiced plum tea

We recommend that you enjoy this special spirit neat, due to its many layers of complexity, next to a warm fire as the snow piles up on the window sill.