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Barrell Cask Finish Series - Mizunara

cask finish series

Barrell Craft Spirits’ Cask Finish Series is a celebration of the incredible range of flavors created when thoughtful finishing meets expert blending.

 

Barrell Craft Spirits believes that a unique finish is only as good as the base bourbon. Each year, we release a collection of Cask Finish Series bottlings that combine decades of blending experience with some of the most exciting finishing casks in the industry. The result is a series of limited-edition spirits that are truly more than the sum of their parts, showcasing the influence of the finishing cask without compromising the integrity of the underlying blend.

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P.X. SHERRY

Pedro Ximénez, often abbreviated as P.X., is a dessert wine from Spain, renowned for its rich, intense sweetness. P.X. wines typically feature notes of dried fruits, velvety chocolate, and toffee. In crafting a harmonious counterpart, the BCS team meticulously blended select straight bourbon whiskeys to enhance and complement the sumptuous flavor derived from the P.X. barrels. The result is a rich, full-bodied bourbon with layers of toasted coffee, golden honey, and candied fruit, offering a sophisticated balance of depth and sweetness.

AWARDS​​​

  • San Francisco World Spirits Competition (2025)

    • ​ Double Gold
Barrell Cask Finish Series - Ice Wine

ICE WINE

To make an exceptional ice wine, optimal conditions and great care throughout the entire winemaking process are required. The BCS blending team took the same meticulous approach in carefully selecting barrels and creating a blend of mashbills and ages to harmonize with the intense sweetness, rich texture, and lively acidity of the ice wine. The resulting bourbon is bright and complex, with a rich body and notes of stone fruit and white chocolate.

AWARDS​​​

  • John Barleycorn Awards (2024)

    • ​ Double Gold
Barrell Craft Spirits Mizunara

MIZUNARA

Casks made from rare Mizunara hardwood are a true work of art. The wood is meticulously cut, and the barrels carefully raised due to the wood’s characteristics. Mizunara finishing imparts subtle notes of sandalwood, herbal spice, and coconut to bourbon, and precision is required to craft a harmonious blend. This cask finished bourbon was expertly blended using bourbons distilled from multiple mash bills and finished in Mizunara casks for one and a half years.

AWARDS​​​

  • Wine Enthusiast rating of 95

  • Whisky Advocate rating of 91

  • New York World Spirits Competition (2024)

    •  Double Gold

  • John Barleycorn Awards (2024)

    •  Double Gold

Barrell Cask Finish Series

AMBURANA

Amburana casks are challenging to work with, as they impart strong cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, and vanilla spice notes. True blending expertise is required to enhance the bourbon with Amburana and maintain balance. The Barrell Craft Spirits blending team created a bourbon blend of two mash bills with different char levels finished in Amburana casks. A vatting of individual casks without finishing was layered in to add depth, richness and complexity, ensuring the bourbon shines through first and foremost.​

AWARDS​​​

  • Wine Enthusiast rating of 95

Barrell Cask Finish Series

TALE OF TWO ISLANDS

In 2018, the Barrell Craft Spirits team produced the legendary Tale of Two Islands Rum: a Jamaican Rum matured in peated Islay single malt barrels. Those empty casks have been used to finish a blend of straight bourbons. The sweetness of the rum and the smokiness of the Islay casks mingle together with the underlying bourbon that continues the Tale of Two Islands.

AWARDS​​​

  • Wine Enthusiast rating of 91

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