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Castle & Key Cask Strength Wheated Bourbon
Quick Profile
- Proof
- 109.6 Proof (54.8% ABV)
- ABV
- 54.8%
- Age
- Aged 5–6+ Years
- Style
- High-Proof / Barrel-Proof Whiskey
- Region
- Kentucky
Flavor Profile
What to Expect: This bottle leans toward Sweet & Dessert-Like and Oak & Wood notes. Specific descriptors include caramel and toasted oak.
Batch-selected cask strength; molasses, dried stone fruit, roasted cacao nibs, burnt caramel, and deep toasted oak.
What Defines This Bottle
High-Proof / Barrel-Proof Whiskey
Bottled at or near its barrel-entry strength, with no or minimal water added; concentrated flavor and higher perceived heat.
Bottled at, or close to, the proof it actually comes out of the barrel at -- little or no water added before bottling. That means more of the barrel's own character reaches the glass undiluted, at the cost of a proof that can run well past standard bottling strength. See Rickhouse Science for how barrel placement and time change what's actually in that barrel to begin with, and the Proof & Dilution Calculator for what cutting a barrel-proof pour down actually does to it.
Learn about High-Proof / Barrel-Proof Whiskey →Production Details
Disclosed production notes from Castle & Key Distillery -- structured, sourced facts, not a tasting review.
- Water Source
- Natural limestone spring drawn directly from the historic subterranean Key Springhouse designed by E.H. Taylor, Jr.
- Cooperage
- Charred New American White Oak (Char #3 and Char #4 from Independent Stave Company).
- Warehouse Notes
- Home to the world's longest active brick aging warehouse (534 feet long), accommodating over 35,000 barrels under a single roof.
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