Made a mile above sea level in Colorado Springs, 291 Colorado Bourbon Barrel Proof Single Barrel is a Western-style bourbon finished with toasted Aspen wood staves. Distillery 291 draws each bottling from one barrel at full strength, so the proof and the profile shift from cask to cask. The Aspen finish is the signature move here: it pushes baking spice forward and dries the sweetness into something sharper than a Kentucky pour. Expect dark red cherry and honeycomb up front, campfire marshmallow and toasted oak across a full, palate-coating body, and a very long finish. This one runs hot by design, so add a few drops of water to open it up, or take it neat if you want the full barrel intensity.