Pinhook Bourbon Vertical Series 8 Year 114.6 Proof
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$89.99
Confectioners' sugar, maple, raspberry, date, and white grape - lots of crisp fruit sweetness on the nose without being too candied. Soft baking spices mingle with rich barrel char, burnt orange peel, and brown sugar.
Rich and coating right away, you can definitely notice the oak and barrel influence from the get-go. While less fruity than the nose, the palate is still juicy with cherry and plum, but mainly creamy and decadent with brown sugar, espresso, and chocolate.
The finish is deep and trailing, with first a touch more dry oak and tobacco making itself fully known before more of the fruit cascade over cooked caramel continues on with Neapolitan ice cream as the long linger.
One of the more interesting and often less talked about projects to follow year after year in whiskey is the Vertical Series by Pinhook.
Every year, Pinhook releases a new bourbon and rye, each connected to a promising young thoroughbred. The whiskey in each release is the best expression of their barrels at that moment in time, and they blend and proof releases to be as unique as the horse on the label. The Vertical Series is a one-time opportunity to follow this group of barrels, all filled within months of each other, as they age.
This 8-Year bourbon is the 5th of 9 vintages in the Vertical Series, following this group of barrels as they age from 4 to 12 years old and experience the evolution of flavors over their nine-year journey. These barrels were distilled at MGP in Indiana; aged, blended, and bottled at Castle & Key Distillery in Frankfort, KY, by Pinhook Master Blender, Sean Josephs.
While we did have a Vertical Series Single Barrel Rye not that long ago, we didn't get an opportunity to offer the Vertical Series rye blend because it sold out before we could make it public, but we are happy we managed to get some of this bourbon while we wait for our single barrel bourbon to arrive.
