Iโve always maintained that Bob Dylanโs face looks the way whiskey feels as it slides down your throat. Today, my weird ass association has been taken to an uncomfortable level of legitimacy, as the legendary singer/songwriter (and part-time Nobel prize winner) reveals a signature line of whiskeys.
Partnered with bourbon makers, Angelโs Envy, the line will be known as โHeavenโs Doorโ, and comprises of three small-batch whiskeys. A Tennessee bourbon, a straight rye, and a double barrel whiskey. The trio had originally been pitched under the name โBootlegโ which, truth be told, sounds a whole lot cooler. โHeavenโs Doorโ, however, probably works better with the whole ethereal theme of the makers, and is a direct reference to the bottleโs artwork which depicts Dylanโs front gates. Gates made by the manโs hand himself at his metal workshop.
โDylan has these qualities that actually work well for a whiskey,โ says Marc Bushala, founder of Angelโs Envy.
โHe has great authenticity. He is a quintessential American. He does things the way he wants to do them. I think these are good attributes for a super-premium whiskey as well.โ
Heavenโs Door will have a limited release of a โBootleg Seriesโ, โโฆ housed in ceramic bottles decorated with his oil and watercolour paintingsโฆโ sometime in 2019. This 2019 release is also apparently to be in tandem with the opening of an Angelโs Envy Nashville distillery.
โWe both wanted to create a collection of American whiskeys that, in their own way, tell a story,โ says Dylan himself.
โIโve been travelling for decades, and Iโve been able to try some of the best spirits that the world of whiskey has to offer. This is great whiskey.โ
If itโs good enough for Dylan, itโs good enough for us.
