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92Excellent

Stranahan’s Mountain Angel 12 Year

American Single Malt Stranahan's
  • Distiller

    Stranahan's

  • Bottler

    Stranahan's

  • ABV

    47.3%

  • Age

    12 Years

  • Price $60 to $99.99

Stranahan's Mountain Angel 12 Year is a limited-edition American single malt whiskey distilled in small batches from 100% malted barley and cut to 94.6 proof with Rocky Mountain water. Aged 12 years in new American charred oak barrels at high altitude in Denver, it is finished in port wine casks from Portugal. The whiskey undergoes an angel’s share loss of over 80% due to elevation. It's priced at $99.99.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 92
  • Whisky Advocate
  • By Julia Higgins
  • Dark chocolate is divine on the palate, and it’s complemented by coconut, black forest cake, and barrel char. The finish is long and wellspiced, brilliantly balancing darker notes with spice and oak.
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  • Raided Score: 92
  • Drinkhacker
  • By David Tao
  • The upper palate carries a lot of weight on the finish: light toffee, menthol, wintergreen, and spiced pineapple linger here. Dark caramel, vanilla extract, and wood sugar provide a sweet finish across the tongue and throat, though a bit shorter than the notes sticking on the roof of the mouth.
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  • Raided Score: 91
  • The Daily Pour
  • By David Morrow
  • With its tannic and jammy profile, this, for me, is truly a red wine drinker's whiskey — and a damn good one.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Rich, sweet nose filled with salted caramel and a variety of dark fruit notes: tart black cherry, fig, plum.

  • Taste:

    Dark fruit profile continues onto the palate, which is jammy and has a moderately viscous mouthfeel. Prunes, boysenberry, a bit of oak and tannin and a faint earthy profile toward the back palate, with tobacco.

  • Finish:

    The finish leads with tobacco, then strikes a nice blackberry note, joined by a touch of raspberries, and concludes with tannin.

  • Overall:

    A very pleasant single malt. The port works nicely with the distillate. With its tannic and jammy profile, this, for me, is truly a red wine drinker's whiskey — and a damn good one.

  • Score:

    91

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

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