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Quick Profile
- Proof
- 100 Proof (50% ABV)
- ABV
- 50%
- Age
- Aged 4–5 Years (Batch-released)
- Style
- High-Proof / Barrel-Proof Whiskey
- Region
- Kentucky
- Mash Bill
- Restoration Straight Rye Recipe
Flavor Profile
What to Expect: This bottle leans toward Spice, Fruity, and Herbal notes. Specific descriptors include black pepper, citrus peel, mint, and nutmeg.
Flagship revival rye; spearmint, orange marmalade, vanilla wafer, peanut brittle, nutmeg, and black pepper.
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 →Mash Bill (Grain Bill) The recipe of raw grains milled and cooked for fermentation, defined by its dominant grain -- corn for bourbon, rye for rye whiskey. Learn more
Restoration Straight Rye Recipe: 63% Rye, 17% Yellow Corn, 20% Malted Barley
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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