High West Bourye Whiskey

You don't experiment enough until you need an entirely new name for your creation.

A fateful tour of Makers Mark Distillery in 2009 inspired David Perkins and his wife Jane to start their own operation. David — a former biochemist — basically said, “Hey, I can do that!” and moved his family to Utah and set up shop. Success has come hard and fast, and they now produce and market a range of products including their four core Whiskies, three current limited releases, two bottled cocktails, and two specialty spirits.

“Bourye” is a combination of the words Bourbon and Rye. High West Bourye Whiskey is harder to define. They’ve been making this concoction since 2015 and each year the configuration is a bit different. But we can say that this year’s edition is a proprietary blend of three Bourbons and two Ryes — all sourced from MGP in Indiana — ranging in age from eleven to fourteen years. The exact ratio is considered a state secret, but the result is an extremely tasty spirit bottled at a perfect 46% ABV. We also know that judges LOVE the stuff — consistently rating this blended dram above 90 points.