Old Elk Sour Mash Reserve 6 Year Bourbon Whiskey

Sour Mash Reserve is Old Elk's six-year bourbon at 105 proof — master distiller Greg Metze's traditional-recipe answer to the wheated and four-grain experiments, made the sour-mash way with a portion of the last fermentation starting the next. Old Elk is OtterBox founder Curt Richardson and Metze, who spent nearly forty years running MGP's stills, in Fort Collins, Colorado; every Old Elk is brought to proof by Slow Cut, adding Rocky Mountain water over weeks rather than minutes, because a fast cut shocks the spirit. The Sour Mash Reserve is a corn, rye, and malted barley bourbon, sour-mashed, aged at least six years in new American oak, Slow Cut, and bottled at 105 proof. Expect the profile the house describes: caramel, vanilla, and toasted oak over gentle spice on the nose; a smooth, full-bodied palate of delicate sweetness balanced by rye spice, oak, and a hint of smoke; and a long, warm finish. Old Elk's Blended Straight is the entry; this is the one with age and proof — the traditional-mashbill bourbon at strength that shows what Metze's distillate does with six years. Honest note: the Old Elk for the drinker who wants a classic rye-recipe bourbon rather than a wheat or four-grain experiment — six years and 105 proof from a master distiller's recipe, at a price under the Master's Blends. Neat, a drop of water. Old Elk, sour mash, six years.

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