Heaven’s Door Liquor Master Bourbon Whiskey

Heaven's Door Cask Strength Single Barrel Straight Bourbon is the brand's annual one-cask program, sold here under the Liquor Master SKU: a single barrel allocated to one account, drawn from Tennessee or Indiana distillate, and bottled uncut from the wood. Mashbills in this program run high in rye, so the new-char barrel reads as spice and caramel rather than a soft young corn whiskey. Proof varies by cask. This is a distillery single barrel. Give it a large cube.

Expect caramel and brown sugar from the char, then baking spice and rye pepper as the sip warms. Oak and a little dark fruit hold the middle, and the undiluted strength leaves a long, drying finish that opens as it sits in the glass.