Pinhook Flagship (Orange Wax) Straight Bourbon Whiskey Kentucky, USA 2023 (750ml)

Producer: Pinhook

Spirit Style: Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Where: Crestwood, Kentucky

Country: USA

Taste: Aged more than 3 years, the 2023 vintage of Pinhook Bourbon showcases a warm nose of butterscotch, dried apricot, and graham cracker. These transition to a palate of coffee, roasted peanuts, candied cinnamon, and crème brûlée.

Award tasting note: (2023 vintage) "Maple wood and fresh leather aromas are paired with caramel vanilla. Toasted cereal grains and honey rest on the mid palate. As it moves towards the finish, warming honey takes the lead. This is a very soft and smooth Bourbon." - Great Value, Ultimate Beverage Challenge

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Every year Pinhook releases a new bourbon and rye, each of which is connected to a promising young thoroughbred horse. The whiskey in each release is the best expression of our barrels at that moment in time, and we blend and proof each release to be as unique as the horse on the label. The result is an annual vintage of Pinhook Bourbon and Pinhook Rye that become instant collectibles. And while it is impossible to know if the horse on the bottle will go all the way to the Kentucky Derby, there is no gamble on the quality of what's inside. Breaking with the standard approach to American whiskey, where barrels are blended to replicate an established flavor profile at a fixed proof every time, Pinhook sees each set of barrels as a new crop, shaped by the natural variations in the ingredients and the elements. Working in small batches, we craft each vintage to express the best whiskey rather than the same whiskey, and set the proof to optimize the attributes of that year’s crop.