On the shelf at Great American Craft SpiritsOpen and pouring · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
- Proof
- 100
- Age
- 5 yr
- Style
- BourbonKentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- MSRP
- $59.99~$60.00 street
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“High-malt wheated Castle & Key — 73/10/17 white corn-wheat-barley at 100 proof”
Tasting notes
- nose
- pastry dough, buttercream, baked apricot, strawberry preserve, honeycomb, birch beer, jasmine, nutmeg
- palate
- cane sugar, dried peaches, Rainier cherries, sassafras, leather, black pepper — rounder than the rye-recipe sibling
- finish
- full-bodied, medium spice building to bruleed sugar and sage
Mash bill
- White corn73%
- Wheat10%
- Malted barley17%
73% white corn, 10% wheat, 17% malted barley — the house bourbon mash with wheat swapped in for rye. Same white-corn backbone and high malt share; wheat softens spice into pastry dough, cane sugar, and orchard fruit instead of rye pepper.
- Cask
- New charred American oak
- Best served
- versatile
Why it's craft
Independent Old Taylor revival; transparent wheated mash and on-site aging — craft wheat bourbon with a real campus story.
Castle & Key Distillery
Independent · Est. 2014 · Tours
Sources: castleandkey.com, bourbonlens.com, gacraftspirits.com