Review: Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bourbon (2024)
Review: Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bourbon (2024)
It’s that time of year again — and by that I mean it’s 2025 and we’re finally getting around to reviewing the 2024 release of Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bourbon, which (in my mind) is the unofficial conclusion of “whiskey season.”
Angel’s Envy had a huge year in 2024 with some of our most exciting — albeit largely impossible-to-buy — releases. This one should be a bit more attainable, however, particularly considering how long-lived it’s been.
Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bourbon (2024) Review
The whiskey is (as always) straightforward — a cask strength version of Angel’s Envy‘s iconic Port-finished offering. It’s perhaps a bit beefier on the nose this year than in previous renditions, showing off more of a barrel-driven character, tempering its nutty, peppery, and ultimately raisiny core. There’s a blend of sweet and savory on the palate, though there’s more of a weighty mushroom character this year, coming across with heavy elements of black tea, leather, and pepper. In time, elements of toasted marshmallow and dark chocolate emerge, the latter evoking the classic Port finishing on the whiskey.
As with prior expressions of this whiskey, water isn’t particularly helpful as it dulls the experience rather than elevating it. With our without water, a slight mint character appears late in the game, which adds a pleasant, cleansing quality to the proceedings.
All told, this whiskey is a bit less composed that prior renditions, but it’s never more than a minor departure from the house style.
118.8 proof.
B+ / $230 [BUY IT NOW FROM FROOTBAT]
Angel's Envy Cask Strength Bourbon (2024)
USD230
