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Fans of Bob Dylan — and good whiskey — can now get their hands on a new release from the singer’s Heaven’s Door Spirits brand in time for the holidays.

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The company has unveiled an 18-year-old straight bourbon whiskey dubbed the “Bootleg Series Volume V” release. A new release for 2023, the bourbon is finished in Spanish vermouth rouge casks for a rich and complex aroma that features notes of dark fruit, caramel and spice, with subtle vanilla undertones. The ceramic bottle, meantime, features one of Dylan’s original paintings (itself inspired by his road trips across America) and everything is presented in a bespoke leather journal.

BUY: HEAVEN’S DOOR BOOTLEG SERIES VOLUME V $115

This is the fifth release in Heaven’s Door’s “Bootleg” series, which was first launched in 2019. The company’s inaugural “Decade Series,” meantime, was unveiled last year and is also available to order online via ReserveBar.com, making it a great Christmas gift idea.

The Decade Series is a limited-edition collection of ultra-premium American whiskeys, each aged for 10 years or more. The first release in the series is a high-rye 10-year-old straight bourbon whiskey, available at a suggested price of $95 online.

BUY: HEAVEN’S DOOR DECADE SERIES 01, $95

The whiskey is bottled at 100 proof and features notes of maple, poached pear and banana on the nose, with a toffee and bitter chocolate palate. The finish is long and silky, with a hint of leather and earthiness.

The inaugural release of the Decade Series collection is not its inception. The creators of Heaven’s Door claim its genesis to be over a decade ago, marking the hand-selection of barrels from boutique producers nationwide.

Heaven’s Door releases a statement articulating their excitement for the release, which they assert brings an exclusive taste to the world of whiskey. According to them, their Tennessee bourbon brings a non-conventional mash bill, featuring 22% rye and devoid of charcoal mellowing. They describe its distillation as evoking more traditional Kentucky bourbon tastes.

The initial release of the Heaven’s Door Decade Series can be purchased online for home delivery via Reserve Bar. All bottles in the Heaven’s Door line encapsulate Dylan’s ironwork sculptures on their labels, a detail dating back to the brand’s introduction in 2015 by Dylan, a bootleg whiskey enthusiast.

New releases from Dylan’s whiskey brand are consistently being introduced, with recent additions including a Heaven’s Door Cask Strength Single Barrel 2021, and a collaboration with Heaven’s Door Whiskey and Redbreast Irish Whiskey which quickly sold out last May but is now . All the Heaven’s Door releases can be found online at ReserveBar.com.

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