Evan Williams Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey

Evan Williams Single Barrel is the vintage-dated, black-wax bottle that was the first single-barrel bourbon to be named Whisky Advocate's American Whiskey of the Year — and Whiskey in My Wedding Ring calls it the first Evan Williams he liked. Evan Williams is Heaven Hill's flagship line, named for the Welsh immigrant who opened Kentucky's first commercial distillery on the Louisville riverfront in 1783. Single Barrel is the Heaven Hill bourbon mash bill — 78% corn, 10% rye, 12% malted barley — from a single barrel aged seven to eight years in level-3 char oak, hand-selected by the master distiller's team, and bottled at 86.6 proof with the barrel number and the barreling and bottling dates on the label; since its 1995 debut it has carried a vintage, and the run of Whisky Advocate and Malt Advocate honors in the 2000s made it a cult value. Whiskey in My Wedding Ring: a classic, if lighter, Heaven Hill profile of slightly nutty cornbread and bourbon, with a manageable burn and none of the bitterness he found in the younger labels. The Whiskey Jug's readers, tasting the whole range, picked the Single Barrel for its spice. Expect caramel, vanilla, toasted oak, and cornbread on the nose, opening into a smooth palate of brown sugar, dried fruit, cinnamon, and gentle oak with a moderate, warm finish. Honest note: at 86.6 proof it's a sipper for nuance, not power — and each barrel differs, which is the fun. Neat, or in a Manhattan. Black wax, one barrel.

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