Age: 4-Years
Proof: 118.9
Mash Bill: 75% Corn | 5% Malted Barley | 20% Rye
Source: Still Austin; Austin, TX
Tasting Notes: The nose opens up with cigar box, sweet cherry and a touch of maple. As it sits in the glass notes of vanilla bean, dried orange peel and a touch of smoke develop. This nose is deep and rich. The palate starts with roasted almonds and buttered corn bread. It's butterscotch between sips. The spice is a nice change of pace as ground cinnamon and cocao move to a long buttery finish.
About the product: For the series' second release, Pinhook has partnered with Garrett Oliver, brewmaster of Brooklyn Brewery and 2014 James Beard Award winner to produce an artfully structured high-proof, high-rye bourbon.
This special collaboration will fund 20 scholarships in brewing and distilling to people of color through Michael J. Jackson Foundation of which Oliver is chair. Blended and proofed from 20 pinhooked barrels out of Still Austin. Aged for 4 years in the Texas heat, which speeds aging and results in a whiskey with a maturity that far exceeds its time in the barrel.
In Pinhook’s Collaboration Series, we partner with luminaries working in other sensory-rich fields in a venture that epitomizes the curiosity-based approach Pinhook was founded on: sourcing great barrels of whiskey and meticulously crafting the blend and proof that brings out their finest characteristics. By exploring the possibilities of whiskey from varied perspectives, the Series’ collaborators invariably hit on something new and exciting. With these very limited releases, we continue to expand the possibilities of American whiskey, and pay tribute to the distillers and palates we most admire.