Distiller Notes
Pinhook’s Bourbon Vertical Series is a unique opportunity to follow a group of high-rye MGP bourbon barrels as they age from 4 to 12 years and to experience the evolution of flavor throughout that 9-year journey. The fourth of nine releases, 2022’s expression is a 7-year-old straight bourbon whiskey distilled at MGP in Indiana before being aged, blended, and bottled at Castle & Key Distillery in Frankfort, KY, by Pinhook Master Blender, Sean Josephs. With a mash bill of 75% corn, 20.5% rye, and 4.5% malted barley, this bold and piquant bourbon exhibits a warm and opulent nose with aromas of freshly baked raisin bread, brown butter, and burnt sugar which transition to a rich palate of ginger snap cookies, dried fig, molasses, and hint of eucalyptus. The highest proof yet of a Vertical Series bourbon, Bourbon War is only getting better with age. Non-chill filtered.
Although Bourbon may be produced anywhere in the United States, it is most commonly associated with Bourbon County, Kentucky, where it has been produced since the late 18th century. Made from a mash bill containing at least 51% corn, the Bourbon Whiskey distillate must be aged in new, charred white oak barrels. Bourbon Whiskeys are bottled at eighty proof (40% abv) or higher and cannot contain any added color or flavor. A versatile spirit that can be sipped neat, with water or on the rocks, it also performs nicely added to cocktails like the Old Fashioned.