I was reading about Basil Hayden’s new Cognac Cask Reserve — a limited bourbon finished in French oak cognac barrels. It’s their latest Reserve release, hitting shelves nationally this month.
They say it’s spicier and fruitier than the standard expression, with notes of dried apricot, clove, and toasted oak. The proof is 90, same as the original. No age statement given.
I’ve tasted bourbon finished in sherry, port, rum, even tequila barrels. Cognac? Sure. Why not. The world keeps spinning, the barrels keep turning, and someone, somewhere, is still trying to make whiskey taste like a Parisian dinner party.
