Dark Arts Whiskey House 10-Year Double Barrel 109.4 proof - Selected by Seelbach's

Proof: 109.4 Age: 10 years Source: Indiana Bottle count: 324 bottles Tasting Notes: Orange marmalade, cocoa powder, toffee, caramel, and rounded leather notes. This nose is a beaut. This has a unique palate, with amburana-esque perfumed aromatics, cinnamon pastry, dark cherry, carrot cake, and slightly herbal caramel - all in the best way possible. The finish is long and trailing with dark cherry, vanilla, and warming oak. About: Any barrel pick that ends with a few dozen empty glasses is a good one! That's exactly what happened when I visited Macauley Minton of Dark Arts. Macauley and I met at Wilderness Trail where he ran the barrel program. During his five years there he played around with barrel blends while groups selected. At the end of the tasting he would offer a pour of "Macauley's Blend". Over the years he even started adding some of these blends into the blind selection process. Even more surprising (impressive) his blends would be selected as the favorite. That gave him t