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Quick Profile
- Age
- Aged ~5 Years; Uncut & Non-Chill Filtered
- Style
- High-Proof / Barrel-Proof Whiskey
Flavor Profile
What to Expect: This bottle leans toward Grain & Cereal, Smoky & Earthy, and Fruity notes. Specific descriptors include cereal / grainy, char / smoke, and dried cherry.
Concentrated four-grain intensity; crème brûlée, chocolate wafer cookies, fudge, glazed pastry, dark cherry, and oak char.
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 Frey Ranch Distillery -- structured, sourced facts, not a tasting review.
- Cooperage
- Charred New American White Oak (53-gallon barrels, Char #4 standard).
- Warehouse Notes
- Barrels age in non-climate-controlled metal-clad warehouses in the Great Basin desert. The extreme diurnal temperature swings (often fluctuating 40–50°F in a single day) force the whiskey aggressively in and out of the barrel staves while driving dry-climate concentration.
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