EP 17: Heaven’s Door Trio

The Friskey Whiskey Podcast

History:
Heaven’s Door is a collection of handcrafted American Whiskeys co-created with Bob Dylan. The perfect blend of art and craft, a collection of stories to be savored and shared. Each bottle of Heaven’s Door showcases Dylan’s distinctive welded iron gates he created in his studio, Black Buffalo Ironworks. Their Master Blender collaborates with world-renowned distilleries and whiskey makers. All 3 whiskeys are Certified Kosher

Straight Bourbon Whiskey 92 proof is distilled and aged in Tennessee, for a minimum 6 years in new American oak barrels. The sour mash distillation process and non-chill filtered bottling allows this mature whiskey to remain consistent, as well as creating reliable flavor profiles that come from being aged in single story warehouses

Taste/nose: Bread, dried fruit, buttered popcorn, caramel, cinnamon, nutmeg, honey, light maple, peppercorn, baking spices vanilla , toasted oak

Double Barrel 100 proof consists of a unique blend of three different whiskeys - two whiskeys from Tennessee with a traditional bourbon mash bill, and a straight rye whiskey. Each of these whiskeys is aged independently in both new oak and fresh dumped bourbon barrels for at least six years before being married together and aged an additional year in virgin, heavy charred, American oak barrels. Heaven’s Door Double Barrel Whiskey is maple charcoal mellowed after distillation, also known as the Lincoln County Process, resulting in a smooth finish.

Taste/nose: Maple, milled grain, dried berries, vanilla custard, toasted oak, toasted caramel, fried dough, cherry, meyer lemon, dried apricot, coconut, orange oil , cocoa, warm butterscotch, woody

Straight Rye Whiskey is aged for seven years in new, charred American oak barrels. Breaking with tradition, the whiskey is finished in toasted oak cigar barrels, harvested and air-dried in the low-lying mountainous region of Vosges, France. This unique and proprietary finishing process - which has never been used before in whiskey making - results in a smoother, more approachable rye.

Taste/nose: Herbaceous, apple, citrus, spearmint, oak, Honey coated marzipan, fresh cut grass, fennel, dill. Clove, cinnamon, black pepper and orange peel. Chamomile and cedar. Vanilla toffee, wet wood, chocolate cookies, a hint of mango and a dash of white pepper.