Rabbit Hole Heigold Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 70 cl

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Palate: Pedro Ximénez (or PX) is a white Spanish grape varietal most commonly used in an intensely sweet dessert wine. The PX influence in this case results in a relatively easy-going bourbon. Ultimately, the sherry-cask sweetness covers too much of the traditional bourbon flavor for me. The cask finishing is stronger than you’d expect (as it was with the nose), but the effect isn’t the same in the mouth. The wheat content and cask finishing combine to bring the sherry to the forefront.

But for now we’re looking at this bourbon review. A bourbon with corn and three types of malt. Malt that makes up an astonishing 30% of the total mash. Not something you drink every day, but I’m excited to do so now.

Rested in Hand-Made PX Sherry Casks from Spain.

The word malt in the (Irish) Scotch whiskey world is in the phrase single malt, which only actually applies to scotch whiskey. Single malt has legal requirements for its usage in Scotland, just as bourbon does in the U.S. What single malt means in a general sense is that it is only produced, aged, and bottled in a single distillery using barley as the main malted grain, if not the only one. Terms like double and triple have also been used casually in the Scotch world to describe blends from precisely two or three distilleries, respectively.

In this year of our Lord, 2023, is there any corner of the whiskey-verse that is untouched by hype and hyperbole? Is there terra incognita on the map, an undiscovered blank space awaiting an intrepid explorer? Is there an obscure rabbit hole down which Alice could tumble, revealing a fantastical dreamworld? The Service has been prepared by us solely for information purposes to Members and the Service is based on information we consider reliable and we obtain the contents of the Service from a number of different third party sources (including Contributions), but we do not endorse, support, represent, warrant or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of the Services and any information therein.Dareringer is a small-batch bourbon because we produce it in batches of no more than 15 barrels to retain the liquor's distinctive flavor. It comes from a mash comprising 68% corn, 18% wheat, and 14% malted barley. Like all bourbons, the whiskey first ages in a new oak barrel. We both toast and char these barrels. Next, we finish the bourbon in handmade sherry casks imported from Spain. This bourbon never goes through any chill filtering.

Unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise, your use of and membership to the Service are exclusively governed by Dutch law. We shall first try to settle any dispute over a dram of whisky. Disputes that cannot be settled over multiple drams of whisky shall be solely submitted to the court of Amsterdam, The Netherlands unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise. Producing a triple malt bourbon, with the malted grains germinated to just the right point, dried to perfection, and then combining with the other grains, malted or not, at the right time in the right amount is as much an art form as it is a science. Everything must be meticulously controlled to produce consistent results. The process of creating Rabbit Hole begins by selecting one of the five different recipes Zamanian devised. He is also working on a handful of finishing projects and experiments in rye and single malt. In 2019, Pernod Ricard acquired a majority stake in Rabbit Hole with the intent to utilize Pernod Ricard’s distribution network, but maintain Rabbit Hole’s downtown Louisville-based location.

An Unmistakably Balanced Expression.

In their desire to keep things local, Rabbit Hole “enlisted the help of fourth-generation craftsman at Vendome Copper & Brass Works to build a 24-inch column still and other distillation equipment.” How to score this? It’s less differentiated – though slightly less expensive – than the bourbon. I could be really crabby and shave two points off the middle of the range, but this feels excessively punitive. Bestowing a below-average score should be enough to communicate that I wouldn’t recommend buying this at SRP. Score: 4/10 This brings me to Rabbit Hole. Any of you who have had the pleasure of flying into Louisville will have noticed the several enormous Rabbit Hole advertisements covering the support columns in the terminal. If you’ve stayed in the trendy NuLu neighborhood (as the East Market District has been rechristened), you might have even strolled by the very design-y Rabbit Hole distillery, as I did the last time I was in town.