The inspiration for the collaboration with Henderson came from Pickerell. That's the really cool thing about the 'Masters Of Whiskey Series' - we build on our core idea of collaboration, getting to work with these insane master distillers and blenders to innovate and bring new expressions to our fans and whiskey drinkers." "We partnered with our co-founder, the late, great Dave Pickerell to bring you our badass original blend - now helmed by the amazing Rob Dietrich, Willett Distillery to bring you an explosive rye, and Wes Henderson to create this outstanding bourbon. "We don't do anything halfway," said METALLICA's lead guitarist Kirk Hammett. We've created something truly special that I hope whiskey enthusiasts will enjoy as much as we did making it." His close friendship with Dave Pickerell sparked some of the concepts we designed for this whiskey. It was a true honor getting to work with Wes and learn how our palates aligned together in the process. To do that, we partnered with one of the most renowned names in the industry: Wes Henderson. But like everything we do, we couldn't create just any bourbon it needed to be uniquely different. "It was only natural that our next release should be a bourbon. "I love rye, so for the first release of the Masters Of Whiskey Series, we created a cask-finished rye," explained Dietrich. The expression is bottled at cask strength and is non-chill filtered. The sound waves cause vibrations that shake the finishing barrels, causing greater interaction between the whiskey and the wood, thereby extracting more flavors and color. The resulting whiskey features notes of pear, raisin, cinnamon, and cigar box on the nose and hints of pear, honey, chipotle cinnamon, vanilla, barn hay, and walnut on the palate.ĭuring finishing, the whiskey undergoes a sonic enhancement process in which the finishing barrels are pummeled by the low hertz frequencies of METALLICA's music. After exploring several finishes, they jointly sourced and selected a unique white port wine as the cask finish, that balanced well with the depth of the bourbon. Dietrich and Henderson both have extensive backgrounds in port wine finishes and knew they wanted to use that expertise for this whiskey. This latest release is crafted from a base of six-year-old Kentucky straight bourbon and finished in white port wine casks. The limited-edition expression was created in partnership with Blackened American Whiskey's master distiller and blender Rob Dietrich and recently retired Angel's Envy co-founder and Kentucky Bourbon Hall Of Fame member Wes Henderson marking his first project post-retirement.īlackened American Whiskey's "Masters Of Whiskey Series" builds upon the brand's core tenant of collaboration, converging the passions, talents, and skills of two master whiskey makers to create new, distinctive expressions. Blackened American Whiskey continues to push the boundaries of whiskey with the second release in its "Masters Of Whiskey Series," introducing Blackened x Wes Henderson Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey finished in white port wine casks.
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