2022 Pinhook Flagship Straight Rye Whiskey, Kentucky, USA

A Rye Munny that will make you Run for your money.

Back in 2010, a bunch of booze enthusiasts led by barman extraordinaire Sean Josephs had a revelation: Why not treat whiskey like wine and unleash a new batch of badass Bourbon every year? They dubbed this stroke of genius ‘Pinhook,’ and each release is like a snapshot of the barrel’s flavor profile at that very moment in time. Sean and his squad obsess over finding that perfect balance and complexity, knowing that careful barrel selection, small-batch blending, and timely bottling is the only way to achieve greatness. Pinhook operates at the Castle & Key Distillery in Frankfort, KY, where they’re given the space and time to develop one of the finest Bourbons in Kentucky.

Pinhook 2022 Flagship Rye Whiskey is a sassy Rye, which snaps fingers at you and boasts light pear, clove and honeycomb aromas in your face. The palate shakes its baked apple, black pepper and toffee flavors in front of your mouth, teasing you to take a sip. Made from a proprietary mash bill of 60 % Rye, 20% Corn, and 20% Malted Barley, it is bottled at 99 proof and distilled over two years. The expression creates a unique Rye with walnut and honeycomb aromas combined with banana and baked apple flavors. Of course, due to Pinhook’s unique, vintage-like bottling approach, this Flagship Rye Whiskey is as unparalleled as the stallion on the bottle—none other than Rye Munny. The last edition of this expression was blended and proofed by Master Magician Distiller Sean Josephs himself.