Barrell Vantage Bourbon Whiskey

Barrell Vantage highlights the blending expertise that defines Barrell Craft Spirits and represents an exciting step forward in our ongoing quest to elevate bourbon to new heights. Our unique vantage point in the whiskey world, combined with a passion for experimentation and nuance, has inspired us to produce a blend with impeccable balance and depth of flavor. Barrell Vantage is the result of deliberately pairing specifically identified bourbons with carefully selected cooperage, resulting in a final expression that focuses on the subtle flavors and their compounding profiles.

Vantage is a blend of straight bourbons finished in three distinct expressions of virgin oak: Mizunara, French, and toasted American oak casks. The result is a warm, elegant bourbon that highlights the many dimensions of oak. Drawing on years of experience with three-part barrel finishing used previously in Armida, Dovetail, and Seagrass, the BCS team applied those same techniques to the oak itself, using different char levels, toast levels, and oak origins to create a multidimensional blend. Each component whiskey in Vantage is finished separately, then systematically combined according to a blending process fueled by a scientific approach, experience, creativity, and experimentation. This method focuses on the wood characteristics and the specific flavor contributions that each cask imparts to the blend, resulting in a masterfully blended, perfectly balanced representation of the harmonious synergy between bourbon and barrel.

Barrell Vantage has received numerous accolades, including a 94-point rating at the Ultimate Spirits Challenge 2023, a place as #3 on Whisky Advocate's Top 20 Whiskies of 2022, a Gold from Cigar & Spirits, and a Double Gold Medal at the John Barleycorn Awards 2022.