High West Bourbon & Double Rye Whiskey

Bitches & Bourbon

Jun 8 2023 • 59 mins

Originally recorded: 20230602

Length: 00:59:09

On deck today are two offerings from one of our favorite distilleries, High West. It is true that Ape and Reba are a tiny bit excited to be back together – we might get a little derailed and overly excited. But it’s High West (and honestly, even if it wasn’t, what do you really expect from us anyway?)

High West Bourbon and Double Rye

Purchase details:

Location: Jeff’s Beverage

Date: 5/1/2023

Cost: $40.99 & 39.99

Type: Bourbon and Rye Whiskey

Distillery: High West Distillery and sourced

Bottled in: High West Distillery, Park City, UT

Proof: 92/46%

Composition:

-       Bourbon: 75% corn, 21% rye, 4% barley malt from MGP;
84% corn, 8% rye, 8% malted barley;
Other whiskey components are undisclosed due to contractual reasons

-       Double Rye: Straight Rye whiskeys: 95% rye, 5% barley malt from MGP;

80% Rye, 20% Malted Rye from High West Distillery

Age: +2 years

BoozApp says:

Avg MSRP - $36.82 / $36.82

Fair Price   - $53.96 / $48.23

Shelf Price - $40.80 / $40.80

Links for this episode

High West Distillery

Moodright’s

Jeff’s Beverage

The Federal Code

The Golden Elixir of the West: Whiskey and the Shaping of America by Sherry Monahan & Jane Perkins

00:54 We are so excited to be back, and we explain where we have been

03:40 Introducing our choice for the episode – High West Bourbon AND the Double Rye

05:30 Moodright’s Bar

09:30 The story of David and Jane Perkins, founders of High West Distillery

11:44 Yes, I know I never got back to Jane’s Book – you can find it here

12:00 We discover a ski-in gastro-distillery

14:20 What Ape loves about the High West Distillery website and what it would take Ape to get there in person

17:30 Thank you, Busia!

19:30 A recap of Bourbon characteristics

24:00 What makes a Rye Whiskey a Rye Whiskey

25:00 High West Mash bill transparency

27:00 We have questions about the bubbles in the glass bottle

28:55 Ape wants to play a game with the empty bottles, because we have to do something with them…

30:40 …because Ape is not crafty

32:25 Ape learns about recycled glass resources

33:10 Reba tries to derail the bottle cleanout

36:20 We try to get to the game…but first, Ape learns a lesson about paying more attention

40:50 We finally get to the game. Here are the bottles covered

-       Blue Run Kentucky Straight Golden Rye Whiskey

-       Blue Note Juke Joint Uncut Straight Bourbon Whiskey

-       Johnnie Walker Gold Reserve

-       Blackened

-       The Senator Straight Rye Whiskey

-       George Dickel Bottled in Bond

-       Stranahan's Blue Peak Single Malt Whiskey

-       Bourbon 30 Small Batch

-       J. Mattingly Venus in Furs

-       J. Mattingly Sunday Morning

-       J. Mattingly After Hours

49:40 We move to the High West Double Rye with and without ice

54:10 Ape goes through the crazy High West cocktails

56:55 Ape found her new favorite boat drink – spoiler, it’s not whiskey

58:35 We finally wrap it up