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Dark Arts Whiskey House's Barely Legal Bourbon represents a bold experiment in balance and flavor, crafted with an audacious approach to traditional bourbon-making that pushes boundaries while respecting heritage. This small-batch expression blends 51% corn, 39% rye, and 10% malted rye, creating a spice-forward profile that challenges conventional bourbon wisdom by maximizing rye content while maintaining the legal minimum corn requirement.
Based in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, Dark Arts specializes in blending, rebarreling, and finishing techniques inspired by alchemists of old, transforming high-quality Indiana-distilled whiskey into something entirely unique. The nose opens with ripe orchard fruits and gentle rye spice, complemented by hints of caramelized sugar, lemon zest, and graham crackers. The palate reveals honeyed chocolate, cherry cola, and citrus notes enhanced by warming cinnamon spice, while a buttery mouthfeel carries vanilla and caramel through to a long, oak-spiced finish. At 58.4% ABV and bottled unfiltered at cask strength, this is a bourbon for the adventurous sipper seeking genuine complexity and bold character that defies convention.
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Dark Arts Whiskey House's Barely Legal Bourbon represents a bold experiment in balance and flavor, crafted with an audacious approach to traditional bourbon-making that pushes boundaries while respecting heritage. This small-batch expression blends 51% corn, 39% rye, and 10% malted rye, creating a spice-forward profile that challenges conventional bourbon wisdom by maximizing rye content while maintaining the legal minimum corn requirement.
Based in downtown Lexington, Kentucky, Dark Arts specializes in blending, rebarreling, and finishing techniques inspired by alchemists of old, transforming high-quality Indiana-distilled whiskey into something entirely unique. The nose opens with ripe orchard fruits and gentle rye spice, complemented by hints of caramelized sugar, lemon zest, and graham crackers. The palate reveals honeyed chocolate, cherry cola, and citrus notes enhanced by warming cinnamon spice, while a buttery mouthfeel carries vanilla and caramel through to a long, oak-spiced finish. At 58.4% ABV and bottled unfiltered at cask strength, this is a bourbon for the adventurous sipper seeking genuine complexity and bold character that defies convention.
