Barrell Craft Spirits Dovetail

Dovetail is Barrell Craft Spirits' flagship finished whiskey — named for the woodworker's joint where hand-cut pieces interlock perfectly — and this is the current vat of the blend that won the Chairman's Trophy at the Ultimate Spirits Challenge and Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Launched in 2018 by the Louisville blender, it marries American whiskeys, historically Tennessee and Indiana stock around 10 to 11 years old, finished three ways: in Dunn Vineyards Napa Cabernet barrels, in Late Bottled Vintage Port pipes, and in blackstrap molasses rum casks, blended to taste and bottled at true cask strength, so proof varies slightly from vat to vat — check the label. Whiskey in My Wedding Ring, who's tasted vats 3, 6, and 11, calls the consistency remarkable: the port brings darker, stewed red fruit, the Cabernet brighter red fruit and acidity, and the rum a grassy sweetness with orange and tropical citrus. Expect molasses, caramel, raisin, dark cherry, banana leaf, and toasted French oak on a rich, sweet-leaning palate with real cask-strength heat behind it, finishing long. Honest reception: Dovetail divides drinkers — Bourbon Culture was infatuated on first taste, while The Whiskey Shelf found the rum dominant and Secret Whiskey Society steered toward Seagrass at the price. It spawned Gold and Gray Label versions using whiskey up to 20 years old. For fans of boldly finished whiskey, it remains the one Barrell is known for. Neat, with water.

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