High Bank Distillery Announces New Artist Series Collaboration

Posted on by Scott Dilley

High Bank Distillery Co. is releasing the two Whiskey War X Dante Romano bottles at 11am on Friday, February 9th, exclusively their website.

Columbus, Ohio’s High Bank Distillery will release the High Bank Artist Series with two single barrel picks of their award-winning Whiskey War Double Oaked. These limited release bottles will include a specialty back label, showcasing a local Columbus artist’s design.

The artist, Dante Romano, is a creative lead at local design firm Rowe Creative. He spends nights and weekends filling canvases, specializing in acrylics, and sketchbooks with ideas and abstract works that keeps his creative life in perfect balance. He has worked through various design positions over the last 15 years to achieve recognition as an artist, creative director, and consultant to brands across national and global markets. Dante spends nights and weekends filling canvases, specializing in acrylics, and sketchbooks with ideas and abstract works that keeps his creative life in perfect balance. More of his work can be found HERE.

About High Bank Artist Series

WHISKEY WAR DOUBLE OAKED “HONEY”

  • Barrel #20 | 750 mL | 100 proof
  • Honey, spice and everything nice.
  • Tasting Notes: Chocolate, soft spiced oak, and leather on the nose. Honey, tart cherry, black currant, peppercorn on the palate with a charred oak finish.

WHISKEY WAR DOUBLE OAKED “SWEETIE”

  • Barrel #27 | 750 mL | 100 proof
  • Sweet with heat, made to drink neat.
  • Tasting Notes: Chocolate mousse and cherry on the nose. Caramel, vanilla and cherry on the palate with a chocolate mousse finish.

Romano delves into his art and his collaboration with High Bank.

My work lives somewhere between abstract expressionism and surrealism. I’m mostly interested in the interactions of color and composition. It commonly comes to life in the form of faces or abstract floral designs. Acrylic and Spray paint are currently my prefered mediums. My artwork is my ritual, it’s what I turn to as a respite from reality and my daily grind.

This specific project with High Bank is special because of my relationship with Adam and Tony Thomas (High Bank’s Marketing Manager). It was summer 2014, a summer full of long nights, and heavy pours…. I met Adam while we were both working as independent graphic designers at a local architecture firm, we hit it off immediately, I scored his digits… we linked up… and the rest is history. Later that summer a mutual friend of Adam and mine hosted a 4th of July party, Tony and I met that night and bonded over our vastly different taste in rap music and have been friends ever since. I couldn’t be more proud of this dynamic duo, watching them in the The War Room episodes and following what High Bank Distillery has become in the last 8 years!

Dante Romano

Before High Bank, I was a graphic designer for 10 years. With my background, I have an extreme appreciation for the art world. The idea for this series came from wanting to showcase local talent and highlight the importance of our arts community.

When planning our next Double Oaked large batch release, our team tasted through Barrel #20 and #27. These two barrels stood out to us so much, that we wanted to release them as single barrels. You can’t go wrong with either of them.

Master Distiller and co-founder Adam Hines

High Bank Artist Series is releasing the following bottles on Friday, February 9th at 11AM, exclusively at highbankdistillery.com.

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