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Van Winkle Pappy Van Winkle 20 Year Old
The #1 rated Bourbon Whiskey in the world with a 99 out of 100 rating by the World Spirits Championship. This bourbon is aged 20 years and bottled at 90.4 proof for a wonderfully smooth and rich profile. Pappy Van Winkle was a true character and like its namesake, this bourbon whiskey is full of character- quite a remarkable whiskey.
 Rumored: 70% Corn • 17% Wheat • 13% Malted Barley • Wheated
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Part of the  Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery Company family of brands.
Tasting Notes
Nose: The nose greets with raisins, maple, cherry, vanilla, and oak aromas.
Palate: Smooth with a citrus zest note. Some sherry notes, dried fruits and vanilla.
Finish: The finish is long and elegant.
Little Book Chapter 1: The Easy
Per Freddie Noe: The first release of Little Book draws inspiration from something close to home for me—the components of making a great bourbon whiskey. Little Book “The Easy” features uncut, unfiltered Kentucky Straight Bourbon blended with corn whiskey, rye whiskey, and malt whiskey- the three ingredients commonly found in a bourbon mash bill—to create an easy-drinking whiskey that's blended to be one of a kind. It all started when I was working in our Global Innovation Center, learning all about blending. I looked at the different types of whiskies available and saw that we had individual corn, rye and malt barrels. I wondered, “If you blend those together to the exact proportions of a bourbon mash bill, will it taste like bourbon?” So I tried it. I blended 4-year-old corn, rye, and malt whiskey, and let me tell you, it didn't taste like bourbon at all! The corn whiskey overpowered everything else, since the rye whiskey also had some corn in it. It wasn't balanced at all. That's when I was inspired to blend in the fourth component—some actual finished bourbon whiskey. When I started my search, our team gave me access to nearly every barrel we had in storage. I tasted and tinkered with bourbon aged six and even nine years, trying to achieve just what I was looking for in my inaugural release. What I found was that blending in four-year-old bourbon did what those others could not—ensured that all ingredients could complement each other without a single piece overpowering the final taste profile.
 Mashbill Undisclosed • >51% Corn • High Rye
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Independently Owned
Note: This whisky is part of an ongoing series, with variability between each release due to differences in mash bill, barrels used, age profile, and others. If the specific version is not listed, ask your server or a store employee for more info.
Tasting Notes
Nose: Slight caramel with hints of grain and smokey wood.
Palate: Caramel and vanilla lead with toasted nuts and a hint of rye spice on the middle to back of your palate, while hints of corn grain come through towards the back of your palate
Finish: Medium to long finish packed with flavor that is complex, approachable and easy to enjoy
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