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High West A Midwinter Night’s Dram Act 11 Scene 1

Rye High West
  • Distiller

    Various

  • Bottler

    High West

  • ABV

    49.3%

  • Age

    NAS

  • Price $200+

This is the 11th act of Utah distillery High West's popular annual release, a Midwinter Night's Dram. This act debuted in October 2023. A Midwinter Night's Dram begins with High West's Rendezvous Rye, which is finished in ruby and tawny port barrels.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 87
  • Distiller
  • By Stephanie Moreno
  • Overall, more herbal and hearty rye than fruit-forward and sweet which you might expect from a "midwinter night's dram." But it still makes for a nice nightcap.
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  • Raided Score: 93
  • VinePair
  • By David Thomas Tao
  • It doesn’t quite touch the near-superlative mark of some much earlier releases — which contained 16 year old rye! — and comes close to fumbling the balance of sweet and spice at one or two barely noticeable junctures. But overall, Act 11 is a delicious finished rye that feels just about right for cold winter nights. As it should.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • The Daily Pour
  • By The Daily Pour Staff
  • This is the best MWND in recent years and it’s an easy win over even last year’s (which was pretty darn good).
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Jammy, pop of citrus, honey, cranberry, strawberry, cherry and a blast of baking spice, vanilla cream, rye spice

  • Taste:

    Moderate palate, pleasant mouthfeel. Rye spice and port wine come together, packed with berries like cranberry, lingonberry, strawberry, a hint of spearmint and dill, cracked pepper and baking spice.

  • Finish:

    Long finish with plentiful rye spice and pleasant oak. The grainy youthful notes of previous acts are gone, replaced with pleasant character and enough complexity to throw back to the earliest and best batches. Tons of berry character blended with loads of rye spice and a pop of acidity to balance.

  • Overall:

    This is the best MWND in recent years and it’s an easy win over even last year’s (which was pretty darn good).

  • Score:

    88

  • By The Daily Pour Staff
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources