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- Category Bourbon
- Country United States
- Distillery Oppidan Spirits
- Age NAS
- Style Four Grain Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- Alcohol 50%*
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Oppidan Spirits
Oppidan Four Grain Small Batch Bourbon
(0.75l,
50%*)
*please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary
Price
$41.99
Jeff Walsh is living his dream. After a first career as a trader in Chicago’s investment markets, he decided to take up distilling. He says that he was "driven crazy" by oblique deceptions in the Whiskey markets — with fake historical ties and 100% "sourced" Spirits. So he started with a sixty gallon pot still in 2013 and experimented with product development in Wheeling, Illinois. Things have gone well. He now has a full production environment producing two thousand liters at a crack and a product line covering five tasty Whiskies and two Gins. Life is good, but he still distills every drop himself.
Their flagship product is Oppidan Bourbon Small Batch Four Grain — and it’s quite an accomplishment. It’s also a wonderful lesson in Whiskey transparency because there’s a lot of detail available. For example, if you dig you can find the individual barrel numbers, learn that they get their barrels from Kelvin Cooperage, and discover that they use Champaign yeast for fermentation. The mash bill is solid — 68% corn, 14% wheat, 9% rye, and 9% malted barley. The Spirit comes out of the still at a 73% ABV and is aged in new casks with a #3 char for two years and bottled at 50% ABV. And when you are Whiskey nerds like us, you love that kind of detail and know it means tasty stuff indeed.
Smartass Corner:
Oppidan is an old-school word that refers to a student from an old school. It implies a very local element indicative of a town or small community as opposed to a county or country.
- Category Bourbon
- Country United States
- Distillery Oppidan Spirits
- Age NAS
- Style Four Grain Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- Alcohol 50%*
Appearance / Color
Dark Mahogany
Nose / Aroma / Smell
The aromas are dense with ripe fruits and florals — cherry, oranges, violets, along with grass and cinnamon toast.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
The palate arrives with more red fruits before opening up with leather, cooked cream, vanilla, and baking spices.
Finish
Long and smooth with a pleasant after-aroma and a spicy kick.
Dark Mahogany
Nose / Aroma / Smell
The aromas are dense with ripe fruits and florals — cherry, oranges, violets, along with grass and cinnamon toast.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
The palate arrives with more red fruits before opening up with leather, cooked cream, vanilla, and baking spices.
Finish
Long and smooth with a pleasant after-aroma and a spicy kick.
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Oppidan Spirits
Oppidan Four Grain Small Batch Bourbon
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Straight Bourbon must be matured for at least 2 years. If a bottle has no age statement, it’s at least 4 years old.
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.
Bourbons have very prominent notes of vanilla, as American White Oak is naturally high in vanillins.
Bourbon matures quicker than Scotch due to higher temperatures in American warehouses.
Speaking of breeding winner horses, two of Pinhook’s co-founders have horseracing in their DNA. Jamie Hill and Mike McMahon continue the tradition of their families as third-generation horsemen, owning a bloodstock agency and a thoroughbred racing company. Applying that knowledge to Whiskey just made sense.
Limestone Branch Distillery, which produces Yellowstone Bourbon, also makes Minor Case Bourbon and Bowling & Burch Gin.
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Dog Dogson's
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Straight Bourbon must be matured for at least 2 years. If a bottle has no age statement, it’s at least 4 years old.
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.
Bourbons have very prominent notes of vanilla, as American White Oak is naturally high in vanillins.
Bourbon matures quicker than Scotch due to higher temperatures in American warehouses.
Speaking of breeding winner horses, two of Pinhook’s co-founders have horseracing in their DNA. Jamie Hill and Mike McMahon continue the tradition of their families as third-generation horsemen, owning a bloodstock agency and a thoroughbred racing company. Applying that knowledge to Whiskey just made sense.
Limestone Branch Distillery, which produces Yellowstone Bourbon, also makes Minor Case Bourbon and Bowling & Burch Gin.
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