Rod & Hammer's SLO Stills Straight Bourbon Whiskey
  • Category Bourbon
  • Country United States
  • Region California
  • Distillery Rod & Hammer's SLO Stills
  • Age 2 Year Old
  • Style Straight Bourbon Whiskey
  • Maturation New American Oak barrels
  • Alcohol 45%*
*please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 WARNING.
  • caramel
  • vanilla
  • corn
  • nutty
  • sweet
  • toasted oak
  • spicy
  • biscuit
  • honey

Rod & Hammer's SLO Stills

Straight Bourbon Whiskey (0.75l, 45%*) *please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary
Price $38.99

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Character Goatson

California Bourbon with a soul of the Pacific.

When a surfer from California met a cowboy from Australia a decade ago, friendship was born in an instant. Both lovers of fine Spirits and Central Coast of New South Wales, Rod Cegelsky and Hammer Marshall revitalized SLO Brew, one of the Golden State’s longest-standing brewpubs. For over thirty years, award-winning craft beers were created there and in 2012, first drops of Whiskey came out of the still. After seven years, Rod & Hammer’s SLO Stills was established and American Whiskey started flowing. Their special move is cutting each Whiskey with purified and desalinated water from the Pacific - the ocean that links California and Australia. Quite poetic, really. 

Rod & Hammer’s Straight Bourbon is a true American classic that spent two years in new American Oak barrels. The mash bill, concocted in the original Garden Street copper kettle, is 85% corn, contributing smooth sweetness to the deep amber Spirit. Your nose will appreciate sweet and smokey aromas while the Bourbon will wow your palate with flavors of caramel, vanilla, and roasted nuts.
  • Category Bourbon
  • Country United States
  • Region California
  • Distillery Rod & Hammer's SLO Stills
  • Age 2 Year Old
  • Style Straight Bourbon Whiskey
  • Maturation New American Oak barrels
  • Alcohol 45%*
*please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 WARNING.

Appearance / Color
Deep Amber

Nose / Aroma / Smell
Sweet and smokey nose with notes of caramel, roasted nuts and corn.

Flavor / Taste / Palate
Smooth and mellow caramel-forward palate with notes of vanilla, corn and roasted nuts.

Finish
Smooth finish with sweet hints of corn.
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  • caramel
  • vanilla
  • corn
  • nutty
  • sweet
  • toasted oak
  • spicy
  • biscuit
  • honey
Rod & Hammer's SLO Stills Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Rod & Hammer's SLO Stills Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Dog Dogson's Smartass corner
Character Dogson
Bourbons have very prominent notes of 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 Is a ''new barrel Spirit'': One of the legal requirements for Bourbon is that it only be aged in brand new oak charred barrels.
Bourbon only needs to be placed in a new oak container for a few seconds to be called Bourbon. Fresh from the still and unaged Bourbon is called a White Dog. Recently, many of the larger distillers have started packaging this harsh, clear grain spirit for sale.
Bourbon must be made from a grain mixture that is at least 51% corn.

Limestone Branch Distillery, which produces Yellowstone Bourbon, also makes Minor Case Bourbon and Bowling & Burch Gin.
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Dog Dogson's Smartass corner
Character Dogson
Bourbons have very prominent notes of 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 Is a ''new barrel Spirit'': One of the legal requirements for Bourbon is that it only be aged in brand new oak charred barrels.
Bourbon only needs to be placed in a new oak container for a few seconds to be called Bourbon. Fresh from the still and unaged Bourbon is called a White Dog. Recently, many of the larger distillers have started packaging this harsh, clear grain spirit for sale.
Bourbon must be made from a grain mixture that is at least 51% corn.

Limestone Branch Distillery, which produces Yellowstone Bourbon, also makes Minor Case Bourbon and Bowling & Burch Gin.
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