A relatively new kid on the block, High West holds one of the highest rated positions on Whisky Mates, ranking at the 92.3rd percentile. Some of their bottles can get a little pricey (if you can get your hands on them), but overall, their liquids are an insane value coming in at $0.65 / pctl. For under $100, it’s hard to find a tastier rye than the Rendezvous Rye ($75 – 85 depending on the market), which we highly recommend. If you can swing it, the Midwinter Night’s Dram is phenomenal – it’s basically the Rendezvous but finished in port and French oak barrels. Lots of unique flavors in that bad boy, all of which seem to sing in harmony.
About the Distillery: High West Distillery is a manufacturer of distilled spirits located in Park City, Utah, United States. It is the first legally licensed distillery in Utah since the end of the American Prohibition. The distillery operates, along with a saloon and restaurant, in an old livery stable dubbed “The National Garage”, and in the adjacent historic Ellsworth J Beggs house, a two-story box house that was built in 1907. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places. High West makes its spirits in small batches in a 250-gallon copper pot still. High West uses a combination still, which allows for both use as either a continuous/reflux still or separately a pot still; this allows for a variety of unique distillates to be produced. In a July 28, 2014 article, it was revealed that many High West products, sold as “craft whiskeys” or “artisanal spirits”, are actually modified from products purchased from MGP Distillery of Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
