High West Campfire - Anybody Tried It???

Yes, being born and raised in Utah I'll try anything from there. High West Campfire is a good whiskey. I liked it quite a bit and will likely buy it again if I see it. You can pick out the different ingredients. It's an interesting experience.

Howday! i think it's quite yummy! I highly recommend it if you like smoky stuff. it's not briney and mesquite wood forward, but it still has the smokiness quality. i think it captures all qualities of bourbons, ryes and peated malt scotch evenly. no particular style is trying to usurp the other. u get that sweetness form the bourbon, that spice from the rye and that smoke from that peaty scotch. it's wonderful..

in terms of fusing smoke there are a few that comes to mind. Corsair Triple Smoke. They smoke their barely 3 ways: Beachwood, cherry wood and peat. This company is a micro distiller that's housed in Tennessee, and i like that they're doing some quirky stuff. Their malted whiskey offers something different.

another one is amrut fusion. i don't know if you've heard of that. amrut is an indian whisky. they basically take some peated barley from islay. the peat barley is at 50 PPM (phenol parts per million) but once it lands in Inida it drops down to 35 PPM. there's an undertone of smoke with an overtone of raspberry. the indian barely is fused with the peat-scotch barley. i guess indian barely has a history of being known to be on the sweet, fruity side.

on that note, did you buy the high west campfire?? so good! :D

One interesting aspect to High West Campfire is that the flavour profile evolves and changes from the time a dram is poured to the point when the last dram is consumed. The peat is more forward at the start then the rye spice and a finally a bourdon oaky sweetness. There is no domination by one component. Instead, given time, each component reveals its character.

@fiddich1980, I find it to be enigmatic. The early smoke is obvious to me. I find the peat is subtle upon entry and builds towards the finish, not overpowering, but a distraction from the rye/bourbon. Having tried this at your ZOOM Twisted Tasting, and discovering the identity only after tasting blind, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that it was an extremely imaginative blend.

@paddockjudge In a blind tasting another participant called it "A Mindf$>k". I added it into the blind knowing that you enjoy blending. Maybe, High West Campfire gives you some inspiration. I've tried some of your blends, and some are excellent!

@fiddich1980, thanks for the memories!

BTW I didn't mention this during our tasting, but I'm quite sure I tried it while at the distillery in Park City, though I think the components had been sourced (as with their 20 year old rye, which I bought while I was there).