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PRIVATE RELEASE

The Barrell Private Release Series is a showcase for some of the most detailed and precise blending we do at Barrell Craft Spirits. By shrinking the scale to a single barrel and using everything we’ve learned about precision blending and finishing over the past decade, we’re able to create some of the most distinctive, one-of-a-kind whiskeys, bourbons, and rums in the world.

Each Private Release bottling is a custom creation at a true single-barrel scale. To maximize the best qualities of each component, we create intricate recipes designed all the way down to the ounce. So many variables mean each Private Release expression is truly exclusive. Even when we do replicate a specific recipe, the particular character of each individual cask means the final product is never exactly the same — which means each one is an exciting new experience.

barrell private release rye

PRIVATE RELEASE RYE

Private Release rye whiskeys are painstakingly assembled from Barrell’s deep stocks of rye whiskeys. After creating precise custom blends, we finish each assemblage in single casks, many previously used for other spirits or wines. Each single barrel release explores the huge range of spicy, herbaceous, and earthy flavors within rye itself, as well as its interactions with a kaleidoscope of different finishing casks.

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PRIVATE RELEASE WHISKEY

Each Barrell Private Release Whiskey is a unique combination of whiskeys that are blended first, then married together in single casks, including favorites like Port and sherry to those almost never used in the whiskey industry, like amaro or Ratafia de Champagne. Each one features slightly different combinations of base whiskeys and finishing specifications. Think of them as deep-dive explorations of the full range of whiskey’s flavor potential.

AWARDS​​​

WHISKY ADVOCATE RATINGS

AH08 (94)

AH10 (94)

DSX3 (93)

AH05 (92)

AH14 (92)

CIGAR & SPIRITS

QJC1 - DOUBLE GOLD

ULTIMATE SPIRITS COMPETITION

DJA1 - CHAIRMAN'S TROPHY

DJA1 - TOP 100 SPIRITS

DJA1 - 95 POINTS

DSX3 - CHAIRMAN'S TROPHY

DSX3 - TOP 100 SPIRITS

DSX3 - 95 POINTS

DJX1 - FINALIST

DJX1 - 93 POINTS

DSX2 - 91 POINTS

 

SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SPIRITS COMPETITION

DHA6 - GOLD MEDAL

DH19 - GOLD MEDAL​

DJA2 - GOLD MEDAL

QJCI - GOLD MEDAL​

ASCOT AWARDS

DHA3 - DOUBLE PLATINUM

DJX2 - PLATINUM

DJA2 - PLATINUM

DSX3 - GOLD

DH34 - GOLD

JOHN BARLEYCORN AWARDS

DHA6 - DOUBLE GOLD

DH19 - DOUBLE GOLD

DJA1 - GOLD

DJX1 - GOLD

DSX2 - GOLD

DH34 - GOLD

NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL SPIRITS COMPETITION

DJX1 - DOUBLE GOLD

DSX2 - DOUBLE GOLD

DH32 - GOLD

Barrell Private Release Bourbon

PRIVATE RELEASE BOURBON

There’s so much natural flavor concentration in bourbon that we don’t need finishes to create bottlings of distinction. Each Private Release Bourbon is a blend of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana bourbons of four different ages combined in different ratios. After the initial blending, each expression is left to marry in a bourbon cask until the integration is perfect. Every blend is slightly different, ensuring that no two barrels are ever the same.

AWARDS​​​

WHISKY ADVOCATE RATINGS

A01A (96)

CSX8 (93)

ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE

BX2i - 94 POINTS

CSX8 - 91 POINTS

SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SPIRITS COMPETITION

BA1C - BEST SMALL BATCH BOURBON (UP TO 5 YEARS)

BA1C DOUBLE GOLD

BX2K - GOLD MEDAL

BX1A - GOLD MEDAL

BX2i - GOLD MEDAL

GXAI - GOLD MEDAL

ASCOT AWARDS

CSX8DOUBLE PLATINUM

GXA1 - DOUBLE PLATINUM

BX1A - PLATINUM

BA2K - PLATINUM

BX2i - GOLD

BA1C - GOLD

JOHN BARLEYCORN AWARDS

BX2i - DOUBLE GOLD

BX1A - GOLD

BA2K - GOLD

BA1C - GOLD

NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL SPIRITS COMPETITION

BX1A - GOLD

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PRIVATE RELEASE RUM

We start by creating bespoke blends of rum from across the Caribbean, including rhum Agricole from Martinique and rums from Barbados, Jamaica, and Guyana. Then we marry them in a broad range of different single casks, many previously used to mature other spirits or wines. With so many regional styles and flavor components to draw from, the possibilities for distinctive expressions of rum are truly endless.

AWARDS​​​

ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE

B716 - TOP 100 SPIRITS

B716 - 94 POINTS 

SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SPIRITS COMPETITION 

B617 - BEST OVER-PROOF RUM

B617 - DOUBLE GOLD

ASCOT AWARDS

B547 - GOLD

JOHN BARLEYCORN AWARDS

B646 - DOUBLE GOLD

NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL SPIRITS COMPETITION

B547 - DOUBLE GOLD

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