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Gold Bar Black Double Cask Bourbon

CAPSULE REVIEW

Classification: Straight Bourbon Finished in Wine Casks

Company: Gold Bar Bottle Company

Distillery: Undisclosed Texas Distillery(ies)

Release Date: Ongoing

Proof: 92

Age: NAS (According to company website, first aged for 3-6 years in new American oak, then finished in Napa Valley French Oak wine barrels)

Mashbill: 80% Texas Corn, 20% Oklahoma Rye

Color: Mahogany

MSRP: $60 (2021)

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NOSE

Raw wood | Pine-Sol | Vanilla | Dark cherries | Medicinal

palate

Dark fruit | Toffee | Campfire smoke | Dark chocolate | Raisin | Cough syrup

finish

Tobacco | Cigar box | Cherries | Lingering smoke

uniqueness
value
overall

Gold Bar hails from San Francisco, with whiskeys blended by second generation Napa Valley winemaker Montgomery Paulsen. While the packaging screams “gimmicky” with its gold bar-like appearance, the whiskey inside is actually quite unique, shirking the foregone conclusion that the bottle's contents would be some run-of-the-mill sourced whiskey that tastes like many others on the market. Instead, what’s inside the bottle is an unusual two grain mashbill that’s distilled in Texas, aged for 3-6 years in new American oak, and finished in Napa Valley French Oak wine barrels. To my surprise the whiskey has undergone quite a journey resulting in a flavor profile that is anything but boring.

Unfortunately, the end result is a bit of an enigma. Possibly finished for too long in wine barrels, the resulting product takes on medicinal, almost chemical-like notes that are impossible to ignore. Flavors of chocolate, dark fruits, tobacco, and smoke provide a unique combination that teases enjoyment, but it’s the inability of these flavors to come together in synergy combined with the medicinal note that steers it off course. Gold Bar does succeed in making one thing clear however, never judge a whiskey by its packaging!

The sample used for this review was provided to us at no cost courtesy its respective company. We thank them for allowing us to review it with no strings attached.
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Written By: Nick Beiter

September 14, 2021
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