Heaven Hill is 90 years outdated this yr, and it’s celebrating the event — how else? — with new whiskey.
Heaven Hill Distillery’s ninetieth Anniversary 9-12 months-Outdated Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is made out of the distillery’s conventional bourbon mashbill of 78% corn, 12% malted barley, and 10% rye, bottled at its typical “particular version proof” of 107.
The product is a mix of 70% whiskey aged in commonplace barrels and 30% aged in heavy, alligator-charred barrels, with 204 barrels complete chosen for bottling right here. These barrels had been all produced on December 13, 2015 — the date of Heaven Hill’s eightieth Anniversary — and so they spent 9 years and eight months in Rickhouses G and H on the 4th and sixth flooring.
“As we have a good time Heaven Hill’s ninetieth anniversary, I’m reminded of the imaginative and prescient my father and his brothers had once they based this firm in 1935,” stated Max L. Shapira, Heaven Hill Government Chairman. “Their objective was easy however profound, to construct a household enterprise that will craft whiskey with integrity, endurance, and delight. 9 a long time later, we proceed that mission with the identical unbiased spirit, ardour for high quality, and respect for custom that has guided us from the beginning. This ninetieth Anniversary launch is each a mirrored image of our historical past and a toast to our future.”
“This launch is especially particular as a result of it captures almost a decade of affected person getting old and our staff’s considerate method to barrel choice,” stated Conor O’Driscoll, Grasp Distiller at Heaven Hill Distillery. “By incorporating Bourbon aged in heavy char barrels, we’ve deepened the flavour profile and created a whiskey with distinctive richness and stability. The result’s a spirit that embodies the craftsmanship and character which have outlined Heaven Hill for 90 years.”
Prepared to provide ‘er a whirl? Right here goes.
Heaven Hill ninetieth Anniversary Launch Bourbon Assessment
Clear however unremarkable on the nostril, this bourbon has a grain-forward composition on the nostril, sharpened up with heavy notes of menthol and pepper. The barrel affect is average however insistent, tempering a reasonably corny assault with each barrel char and vanilla-caramel aromas, however after even appreciable time in glass, the cereal-forward texture stays.
The palate doesn’t a lot change the equation. If something, the menthol character is extra persistent, zapping the tongue with a stunning degree of spice that just about feels medicinal at occasions. Ample vanilla and a few almond character tempers that preliminary rush of — not fairly warmth, however buzziness — giving the midpalate and past a extra conventional, soothing high quality. Corn chips and peanut butter carry the day by means of to a surprisingly prolonged end, the place some late-forming cigar field components — and extra of that menthol — linger.
It’s positively an pleasant bourbon, however maybe aggressively priced for a 9 yr outdated in immediately’s clime. Both means, comfortable anniversary to our associates in Bardstown!
107 proof.
B+ / $125 [BUY IT NOW FROM FROOTBAT]
Heaven Hill ninetieth Anniversary Bourbon
USD125
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