Hillrock Estate Distillery Bourbon - Owner's Special Reserve Cognac Cask #4

Hillrock Estate Distillery Bourbon - Owner's Special Reserve Cognac Cask #4Located in New York's Hudson Valley, Hillrock Estate is one of the last distilleries Dave Pickerell worked on before his untimely passing in 2018. Hillrock is one of the only American distilleries to grow its own grains, and floor malt on site. Their award winning whiskeys are truly field to glass. This limited release bourbon is aged in Hillrock's Solera and Oloroso Sherry casks, then finished for 76 days in a Cognac cask before being bottled at 118.

Reserve Batch 1 is made from a blend of five classic MGP mash bills

Alvarez is one of a handful of maestro mezcaleros who continue to use the centuries-old technique of fermenting in rawhide and distilling in clay

followed by oak

This single barrel was bottled at cask strength and is one of the highest proof Smooth Ambler single barrel ryes on the market

It has a light

Notes of honeycomb

Knob Creek is often overlooked for more allocated bottles

(Not Hogwarts) Dark Arts specializes in blending

Scott Ruhnau

Still Double distilled in a hybrid still (stainless steel and clay pots)

According to legend

The great grandson of the original distiller