About the Brand
Distillery 291 is an award winning, small batch whiskey distillery nestled in the stunning foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the distillery sits in the shadow of Pikes Peak where owner and founding distiller, Michael Myers, a former New York City fashion and beauty photographer, with a love of whiskey and passion for the old west, aims to replicate the taste, smell and folklore of that time, to create a one of a kind, bold and beautiful, Colorado Whiskey. Rugged, Refined, Rebellious.
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291 COLORADO BOURBON WHISKEY SMALL BATCH
America’s native spirit, Handmade the Colorado Way. Notes of vanilla, cherry and spice permeate our single barrel bourbon. Made grain to barrel to bottle, paying homage to the past, 291 Colorado Bourbon Whiskey. Distilled from a bourbon sour mash, distilled in a copper pot still, aged in American White Oak deep char barrels and finished with toasted Aspen Staves.
MADE FROM 80% CORN - 19% MALTED RYE - 1% MALTED BARLEY MASH 50.0% ALC/VOL – 100 PROOF
Tasting Notes: caramel - citrus - cinnamon - oak - dark fruit - honey
291 COLORADO BOURBON WHISKEY BARREL PROOF SINGLE BARREL
AS AN AMERICAN WHISKEY MAKER, OUR FOUNDER ALWAYS KNEW HE WOULD MAKE A BOURBON WHISKEY. 291 Colorado Bourbon Whiskey is not your traditional Southern bourbon. Aspen stave finished and bottled at barrel proof for a one of a kind, Colorado flavor. Full bodied, straight from the barrel.
MADE FROM 80% CORN - 19% MALTED RYE - 1% MALTED BARLEY 64% ALC/VOL – 127 PROOF
Tasting Notes: balanced - caramel - dried fruit - vanilla - oak - cherry
291 COLORADO RYE WHISKEY SMALL BATCH
Picture the Wild West. Leather, Dirt Roads, Cowboys, Mountains, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and most of all, Whiskey. A mash bill similar to our founders all-time favorite rye whiskeys. With the help of deep charred American white oak barrels and toasted aspen staves to finish, our whiskey is given a distinct Colorado flavor reminiscent of a time long passed.
MADE FROM 61% MALTED RYE - 39% CORN 50.8% Alc/Vol – 101.7 PROOF
Tasting Notes: spicy - tobacco - cinnamon - apricot - dark fruit - leather
291 COLORADO WHISKEY BARREL PROOF SINGLE BARREL
The whiskey that started it all. Capturing an unforgettable era was our mission; to create a rugged and rebellious whiskey, yet refined with the utmost craftsmanship. Bottled intentionally at a high proof so customers can choose to either drink it full- strength, or enjoy the experience of the whiskey opening up with the addition of a little water or ice. Not a whiskey for the light-hearted.
MADE FROM 61% MALTED RYE - 39% CORN 63.5% Alc/Vol – 127 PROOF
Tasting Notes: bold - baking spices - chocolate - smoke - leather - oak