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Bourbon Review: Boulder Spirits Straight Bourbon Whiskey

We review Boulder Spirits Straight Bourbon Whiskey. It's distilled on a Forsyth pot still from a malt-heavy mash bill.

OVERALL RATING

5
$50.00
  • Carin Moonin is a Portland-based whiskey enthusiast and writer.
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Boulder Spirits Straight Bourbon Whiskey (image via Boulder Spirits)

Tasting Notes

About:

84 proof; about $50; aged in #3 charred virgin American oak at least three years; mash bill of 52 percent corn, 44 percent barley, and five percent rye; aged in Boulder, Colorado.
Appearance:
A light tan hue, not particularly bold or shiny, but pleasant enough, I guess. Not quite cardboard but not quite the most gleaming of banisters.
Nose:
Honey, Rainier cherries, a little but like old paper invitations unearthed in a dusty attic. This isn’t terrible. Not at all. It’s rather charming, actually, it smells of a dusty old antique shop, replete with treasures (assuming you have the patience to look for them).
Palate:
Well, it’s certainly Scotch-ey! I don’t taste the fruitiness and the sweetness I’ve been promised. Instead, I taste…barley. This, to me, does not go down unctuous. For me, it tastes a bit thin and with a heat that isn’t super-pleasurable. It’s definitely a little cereal, a little grainy, and it’s a lot like sucking on a cinnamon Altoid.
Finish:
Comments:
As always, I appreciate the skill and the tools in making whiskey and that it’s super-hardcore to bring your own giant-ass still to a new country and do your thing. For reals! But this whiskey, I don’t know. It leaves me wanting more.

Editor’s Note: This whiskey was either bought as a sample by The Whiskey Wash or provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Per our editorial policies, this in no way influenced the outcome of this review.

Carin Moonin

Carin Moonin swapped a 5th-floor walkup in Hoboken, NJ, for a house in SE Portland a decade ago and hasn't looked back. She appreciates Portland's vibrant whiskey scene, finding it complements both the weather and her mood. Carin enjoys exploring the diverse world of brown liquor and its many facets. Her writing has been featured in publications such as Salon.com, DailyDot.com, Willamette Week, Portland Monthly, and others. When she's not indulging in whiskey or writing about it, you can find Carin running, reading, or on the hunt for free samples in grocery stores.

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