Perhaps this is because of the White Port casks covering it up, but I happen to think that the bourbon used here was possibly a bit of a generic product to begin with. Most people might be inclined to think this is from Barton or even Willett (since we’ve been seeing a decent amount of Willett bourbon popping up in other NDP’s products lately) but after looking through my tasting notes (spoiler!), I couldn’t place my finger on any one distillery’s trademark profile coming through. With a suggested price point of $100, that begins to narrow it down a bit more (meaning it’s extremely unlikely to be Buffalo Trace, Four Roses, Heaven Hill or Wild Turkey). As usual, there are no leads in the form of a media release. Today, we’ll be focusing on their newest release called “Blackened x Wes Henderson” (the “x” symbolizes a collaboration) which claims to use all Kentucky-sourced barrels of bourbon that are 6 years old and finishing them in White Port casks while blasting low-frequency Metallica songs at the barrels for a period of time.Īs I’m known to do, I love to speculate on where the sourced bourbon comes from. When blended together, they can’t technically label it as a bourbon or a rye anymore which is why it’s just called “Whiskey.” They also collaborated with Willett by sourcing 4 to 8 year old barrels of their rye whiskey and finishing it in Madeira and Rum casks. You might think it was just MGP’s bourbon, but it has also been hinted that it’s their rye whiskey too. Everything that Blackened has put out so far has been sourced from other distilleries.įor the last few years, Blackened’s whiskey have been a blend of straight whiskies which I’ve heard as being sourced mainly from MGP. For the time being, Rob has moved away from the responsibilities of distilling whiskey and into the role of a Master Blender. Some members of the band wanted to put their legacy into a bottle, so they enlisted the help of Dave Pickerell (RIP) and Rob Deitrich (former Master Distiller of Stranahan’s) to help get them going. Worth taking a plunge into even if you're not a Metallica fan.Blackened is perhaps most known for its involvement of Metallica in the creation of the company.
Lots of dry fruitiness and baking spices - pear, apricot, cinnamon and nutmeg all come spilling out - while the 90 proof adds to the brightness. With the unique barrel finishing, the lack of clear provenance of the blend of whiskies, and blasting tunes in the rickhouse, it's hard to say what's responsible for the delicious that comes out in the glass. This technique is not new - Hudson did it over a decade ago - but Dave Pickerell really studied it and brought legitamacy to the process. While aging, those barrels go through "sonication", where the lowend of music played in the rickhouse vibrates the barrels, increasing the amount of whiskey-to-wood contact. Made from ~2/3 bourbons and ~1/3 rye whiskies from Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee and aged in ex-Spanish brandy barrels.
In 2019, former Stranahan’s master distiller Rob Dietrich came from Colorado to join Blackened and is now responsible for sourcing casks, blending and managing the finishing process. Blackened is a brandy barrel-finished American whiskey produced by Sweet Amber Distilling Company, a collaboration between the late master distiller Dave Pickerell and Metallica that was created in 2018.
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