With an additional year of age, this 7-year-old bourbon has a warm and opulent nose of fresh baked raisin bread, dark dried fruit, brown butter and burnt sugar giving way to a rich and coating palate of spiced ginger cookie, dried fig, eucalyptus, and molasses.
The Bourbon Vertical Series is a unique opportunity to follow a group of 1,350 MGP bourbon barrels as they age from four to twelve years, and experience the arc of flavors throughout the nine-year journey. Every year, Pinhook selects a group of bourbon barrels from the lot and blends and proofs them to create the most balanced expression of the whiskey at that age. The Vertical Series began with the inaugural 4 Year release in 2019, and the journey continues through annual releases up to age 12.
CORN - 75
RYE - 20.5
MALTED BARLEY - 4.5
PROOF - 115
Pinhook celebrates the parallels between horse racing and whiskey, with each bottle inspired by classic jockey silk designs and dedicated to a promising young thoroughbred. For its labels every year, Pinhook selects two up-and-coming thoroughbreds with our partners at Bourbon Lane Stable, one with a bourbon-inspired name and one with a rye-inspired name.
HORSE DETAILS
Bourbon War
Foaled February 23, 2016
Owned by Bourbon Lane Stables and Lake Star Stable
Bred by Conquest Stables, LLC.
B, C
16 Hands
Bred in Kentucky
Our 2022 Vertical Series Bourbon is paired with Bourbon War, son of Tapit and My Conquestadory, by Artie Schiller.
One of our most promising horses to date, Bourbon War after narrowly missing the 2019 Kentucky Derby, was able to run in the Preakness as well as The Belmont. We can't wait to watch this horse mature along with our future releases of bourbon.
