Mash Bill: 95/5 Rye/Malted Barley

Proof: 112.8 proof

Age: 8-years

Bottle Count: 186 bottles

Tasting Notes: Where our 7-year single barrel rye was a highlight to maple and mint sugars, this 8-year showcases more of the candied citrus, fruit, and mint.

Like a rich old fashioned on the nose - toasted orange zest, toffee, cedar, heavy demerara syrup, herbal dark cherry.

The palate leads with sugar tumbled dark fruits, green apple candy, brown sugar, white pepper, allspice and charred oak.

The finish has a great balance of sweet and spice, lingering with toffee, cinnamon butter, clove and well aged oak.

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 our barrels at that moment in time, and we blend and proof releases to be as unique as the horse on the label. The Vertical Series is a one-time opportunity to follow a group of barrels, all filled within months of each other, as they age.

Every year over the next 9 years, Pinhook will select 150 bourbon barrels and 50 rye barrels to be blended and proofed creating the most balanced expression for the vintage. Join us on the journey beginning with our inaugural 4-Year-old bourbon and collect and enjoy the Vertical Series in annual releases from age 4 to age 12. The Rye Vertical Series will begin in the spring of 2020. Pinhook has allowed a select number of groups and retailers to be a part of the vertical series. With Each release we will select a barrel. This is our 8-year rye whiskey.