Four Gate The Kelvin Collaboration II Batch 6
  • Category Bourbon
  • Country United States
  • Region Kentucky
  • Distillery Four Gate
  • Style Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
  • Alcohol 63.2%*
*please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 WARNING.
  • caramel
  • tea
  • sweet
  • fruit
  • spicy
  • molasses
  • oak
  • grape
  • tannic

Four Gate

The Kelvin Collaboration II Batch 6 (0.7l, 63.2%*) *please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary

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Character Goatson
We’re here to tell you that remakes can be good. Excellent, even.

It was in 2018 when Bill Straub and Bob D'Antoni, both Whiskey enthusiasts, founded the Four Gate Whiskey Company in Kentucky and launched their mission to release très petits batches of unique combinations of Whiskey and finish barrels. And boy did they mean it when they said unique. Partnering with Kelvin Cooperage, a family-owned barrel supplier founded in 1963 in Scotland and currently based in Louisville, the combinations of quality Whiskey blends and used barrels they put together are so exotic it almost seems like you didn't read it right. We guess it's like those funny-looking couples you'd never put together, but they just work.

After their first release of barrel finished Whiskey was so warmly received in 2019, Four Gate decided to use that very same mash bill for the Kelvin Collaboration numero due. But, as always with this forward-thinking distillery, there’s a twist. This time, the 12YO high rye Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey was filled in three massive Cognac barrels and a selection of Dark Rum barrels that came from the same Rum distillery as for batch numero uno. Oh yes, a Straight Bourbon Whiskey finished in Cognac and Dark Rum casks. We’re not usually in favor of remakes (especially in movies, but we’re too classy to give any titles), but this is a worthy inheritor of the iconic Kelvin Collaboration. Non-chill filtered at 126.4 proof, there are just 2,574 bottles of this one-of-a-kind spicy sweetness out there. 
  • Category Bourbon
  • Country United States
  • Region Kentucky
  • Distillery Four Gate
  • Style Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
  • Alcohol 63.2%*
*please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 WARNING.
Appearance / Color
Dark brown

Nose / Aroma / Smell
Intriguing nose with notes of sweet tea, caramel and ecclectic fruits.

Flavor / Taste / Palate
Sweet and spicy. Sugary molasses and Dark Rum notes blend with mature oak and booze-soaked red grapes.

Finish
Medium-long, the Rum and barrel tannins linger in a sweet yet oak-filled experience.
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  • caramel
  • tea
  • sweet
  • fruit
  • spicy
  • molasses
  • oak
  • grape
  • tannic
Four Gate The Kelvin Collaboration II Batch 6
Four Gate The Kelvin Collaboration II Batch 6
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Character Dogson
Bourbons are very high in vanilla, as American White Oak is naturally high in vanillins.

Pinhook’s high-proof Bourbon won Gold at the 2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, while the Straight Rye Whiskey won Double Gold the following year. In 2021, their Bourbon War Vertical Series 5 Year and the 2021 Flagship Bourbon won a Gold Medal each, with a Double Gold going to their Tiz Rye Time Vertical Series 5 Year. Pinhook is evidently doing something right!
Bourbon rules refer to manufacturing methods rather than location. Bourbon must be matured in new and charred American white oak casks for at least 2 years. If the bottle has no age statement, the Bourbon is at least 4 years old. No coloring or flavoring of any type is allowed, and the mash bill must contain at least 51% corn.
Bourbon was declared "The Official Spirit of America" by an Act of Congress signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

Pinhooking means purchasing and rearing a foal based on its pedigree and either selling it or turning it into a champ racing horse. The same idea is behind Pinhook Bourbon: they source young Whiskey to mature and blend it into a blue-ribbon sipping Bourbon.
Straight Bourbon must be matured for at least 2 years. If a bottle has no age statement, it’s at least 4 years old.
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Character Dogson
Bourbons are very high in vanilla, as American White Oak is naturally high in vanillins.

Pinhook’s high-proof Bourbon won Gold at the 2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, while the Straight Rye Whiskey won Double Gold the following year. In 2021, their Bourbon War Vertical Series 5 Year and the 2021 Flagship Bourbon won a Gold Medal each, with a Double Gold going to their Tiz Rye Time Vertical Series 5 Year. Pinhook is evidently doing something right!
Bourbon rules refer to manufacturing methods rather than location. Bourbon must be matured in new and charred American white oak casks for at least 2 years. If the bottle has no age statement, the Bourbon is at least 4 years old. No coloring or flavoring of any type is allowed, and the mash bill must contain at least 51% corn.
Bourbon was declared "The Official Spirit of America" by an Act of Congress signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

Pinhooking means purchasing and rearing a foal based on its pedigree and either selling it or turning it into a champ racing horse. The same idea is behind Pinhook Bourbon: they source young Whiskey to mature and blend it into a blue-ribbon sipping Bourbon.
Straight Bourbon must be matured for at least 2 years. If a bottle has no age statement, it’s at least 4 years old.
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