- Proof
- 94.6
- Age
- 12 yr
- Style
- MaltColorado Single Malt Whiskey
- MSRP
- $103.99~$99.99 street
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“Twelve-year Denver malt that lost more than four-fifths of its barrels to the angels, finished in port.”
Tasting notes
- nose
- Caramelized nectarine and fig paste with a floral note of lavender
- palate
- Blueberry compote and blackberry pastry, with raspberry cheesecake and a bright ginger-lemon tartness
- finish
- Juicy fruit fades into vanilla wafer and seasoned oak, ending on the dark tobacco of a maduro cigar wrapper
Mash bill
- Malted barley100%
100% malted barley. Stranahan's distills it in small batches from barley and Rocky Mountain water, and ages it in new charred American oak rather than the used casks most single malt sees. Twelve years in that fresh, heavily charred wood at Denver's altitude gives an oak-forward malt before the port finish adds fruit.
- Cask
- New charred American oak
- Finish
- Port wine casks from Portugal
Why it's craft
Mountain Angel 12 is the oldest whiskey in Stranahan's regular range, and its name comes from the evaporation: at Denver's altitude, in new charred oak, many of the barrels chosen for it lost more than 80% of their whiskey over twelve years. What stays behind is concentrated and oak-heavy, and the port cask finish adds dark fruit on top. The barley is distilled and aged at the company's own Denver distillery.
Stranahan's
Corporate-owned · Est. 2004 · Tours