High West Bourye Original Label

High West Bourye Original Label — an earlier bottling of High West’s pioneering bourbon-rye hybrid blend, now a sought-after collector’s expression representing the origins of one of American craft whiskey’s most inventive categories.

The original label Bourye predates High West’s current packaging and represents an earlier chapter in the distillery’s blending philosophy. Like the current expression, it combines straight bourbon and straight rye whiskeys — but the exact blend ratios and age statements of the original label differ from today’s production, making it a distinct whiskey of historical interest to High West collectors and American craft whiskey enthusiasts.

For collectors, original label bottles carry the additional appeal of scarcity and provenance: these are bottles from an era when High West was establishing the bourbon-rye hybrid as a legitimate category, and supply at this point is entirely secondary market and allocated retail.

Specs

• Distillery: High West Distillery, Park City, Utah
• Style: Blend of Straight Bourbon + Straight Rye Whiskey (Original Label)
• Size: 750ml

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Frequently Asked Questions

• How does the Original Label differ from current Bourye? The original label was produced under earlier blend specifications and age statements — making it a distinct expression from today’s bottling, with collector value beyond its drinking quality.
• Is this a rare bottle? Yes — original label Bourye is no longer in active production and inventory is limited to existing allocated stock.
• Is it worth buying for a collection? For High West collectors, yes — original label bottles document an important period in American craft whiskey history and are increasingly difficult to source.