Smooth Ambler Contradiction Bourbon
  • Category Bourbon
  • Country United States
  • Region West Virginia
  • Distillery Smooth Ambler
  • Age NAS
  • Style Bourbon
  • Alcohol 46%*
*please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 WARNING.
  • butter
  • vegetal
  • buttery vanilla
  • caramel
  • honey
  • almonds
  • spicy
  • nutty
  • sweet

Smooth Ambler

Contradiction Bourbon (0.75l, 46%*) *please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary
Price $44.99

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Character Goatson

Sometimes Dr. Jekyll, sometimes Mr. Hyde.

Smooth Ambler is the second Spirit producer that references walking and we're sure you won't walk away from this bottle unimpressed. Deep in the Appalachian hills where natural spring waters flow and fresh mountain air... well, floats (?), a team of Whiskey-loving friends established a state-of-the-art distillery. They produce vodka and gin, but also mature hundreds of barrels of Whiskey. When the time of bottling comes, the entire community joins in and everyone signs their own bottle.

The only contradiction found in this Bourbon is in its name, because this Spirit is bound to agree with many. It's a blend of 3 Straight Bourbon Whiskeys: one from their backyard in West Virginia (71% corn, 21% wheat, and 8% malted barley), one from Indiana (75% corn, 21% rye, and 4% malted barley), and even one from Tennessee (84% corn, 8% rye, and 8% malted barley). An unlikely combo of mash bills, but it more than works as tasty flavors of baking spices and pecan pie lead into a creamy finish. Bottled at an ideal 92 proof, this blended creation works wonderfully whether you sip it neat, on the rocks, or mix it up in a cocktail. 

*Smooth Ambler has recently changed their labels, and as the original labels are being phased out, there is still a chance that you might receive a bottle different than what is pictured. But rest assured, the liquid remains the same, regardless of the label.

  • Category Bourbon
  • Country United States
  • Region West Virginia
  • Distillery Smooth Ambler
  • Age NAS
  • Style Bourbon
  • Alcohol 46%*
*please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 WARNING.

Appearance / Color
Amber

Nose / Aroma / Smell
Caramel, honey, almonds

Flavor / Taste / Palate
Buttery, dried fruit, vegetal

Finish
Long, buttery, vanilla

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  • butter
  • vegetal
  • buttery vanilla
  • caramel
  • honey
  • almonds
  • spicy
  • nutty
  • sweet
Dog Dogson's Smartass corner
Character Dogson
Bourbons have very prominent notes of vanilla, as American White Oak is naturally high in vanillins.
At any given time, there are more barrels of Bourbon in Kentucky than there are people. The population of the Bluegrass State is about 4.4 million. Today there are more than 5 million barrels of Bourbon sitting in the rick-houses of that Old Kentucky Home. That’s nearly 300 bottles of Bourbon per person, or about 60 gallons each.
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.

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!

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.

Bourbons are very high in vanilla, as American White Oak is naturally high in vanillins.
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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.
At any given time, there are more barrels of Bourbon in Kentucky than there are people. The population of the Bluegrass State is about 4.4 million. Today there are more than 5 million barrels of Bourbon sitting in the rick-houses of that Old Kentucky Home. That’s nearly 300 bottles of Bourbon per person, or about 60 gallons each.
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.

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!

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.

Bourbons are very high in vanilla, as American White Oak is naturally high in vanillins.
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