Image: Cascade Hollow Distilling Co. (George Dickel)
Quick Profile
- Proof
- 100 Proof (50% ABV)
- ABV
- 50%
- Age
- Aged 11–13 Years (Single Distillation Season)
- Style
- Bottled-in-Bond
- Region
- Tennessee
Flavor Profile
What to Expect: This bottle leans toward Sweet & Dessert-Like, Fruity, and Smoky & Earthy notes. Specific descriptors include caramel, dark fruit (fig, raisin, plum), and leather.
Critically acclaimed high-age BiB; bold caramel, dried plum, dark baking spices, roasted nuts, leather, and seasoned oak.
What Defines This Bottle
Bottled-in-Bond
A federally regulated designation; single distiller, single season, aged at least 4 years, bottled at exactly 100 proof; layered on top of an underlying recipe rather than describing one of its own.
Governed by the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897 (27 CFR § 5.42): single distiller, single distillery, single distillation season, aged at least 4 years in a federally bonded warehouse, bottled at exactly 100 proof. This site's own catalog records one proof designation per bottle, so a real-world Bottled-in-Bond release that also happens to be barrel-proof-labeled may only surface here under one of the two designations -- see How to Read a Label and the Proof & Dilution Calculator for how a fixed 100-proof requirement compares to standard and barrel-proof bottling.
Learn about Bottled-in-Bond →Production Details
Disclosed production notes from Cascade Hollow Distilling Co. (George Dickel) -- structured, sourced facts, not a tasting review.
- Water Source
- Sourced from Cascade Springs, a natural cold limestone spring flowing directly through Cascade Hollow.
- Cooperage
- Charred New American White Oak barrels manufactured with #4 char staves and #2 char heads.
- Warehouse Notes
- Unlike multi-story Kentucky warehouses that experience dramatic vertical heat stratification, Dickel's barrels age horizontally in single-story, tin-clad rickhouses situated in a natural hollow, resulting in even, gradual maturation and moderate evaporation.
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