Spirit Works California Rye Sloe Gin Finish

Sloe Aging Pays Off

We love Spirit Works Distillery, based right in the heart of Sonoma wine country, for a whole host of reasons. The distillery has been built from the ground up with sustainable practices in mind, and both of its founders got their start in environmental nonprofits. It’s also a family-run distillery, and has one of the very few female-led distilling teams in the United States. But most importantly of all, it makes wonderful whiskies (and gins, too!).

This special whiskey was made by finishing straight 2-year-old rye whiskey for an additional year in a cask that previously held the distillery’s own sloe gin. It’s the first sloe gin-finished whiskey we’ve ever seen, and it’s really something special. The finish adds complex flavors of strawberry, raspberry, and juniper to the underlying spice, vanilla, and oak notes, making this whiskey similar in flavor to one of our very favorite cocktails: the Boulevardier.

2022 Single Cask #4: Spirit Works California Straight Rye Whiskey Finished in a Sloe Gin Cask

Proof: 113
Age: 3 years
Quantity produced: 207 bottles
Format: 750mL
Details: Cask strength; Non-chill filtered; no color added

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Cask Details

Mashbill — 70% organic rye, 10% malted rye, 20% specialty brewing malts
Maturation Barrel Info — ISC New American Oak; char 4
Barrel Entry Proof: 114
Barrel Size — 53 gallons
Finishing Barrel Info — American Oak, Toast + Char 4, 3rd use cask: 1st use w/Gin, 2nd use w/Sloe Gin
Length of Secondary Maturation/Finishing — 1 year
Age of Spirit — 3 years

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Type: Single cask
Pour: Neat, on the rocks, or in a cocktail
Glass: glencairn or rocks glass

About Spirit Works Distillery

Spirit Works Distillery is based right in the heart of Sonoma wine country. The distillery has been built from the ground up with sustainable practices in mind, and both of its founders got their start in environmental nonprofits. It’s also a family-run distillery, and has one of the very few female-led distilling teams in the United States. It uses local and organic grains whenever possible, and it is one of the few distilleries in the country to make an authentic sloe gin, based on a recipe one of the founders brought over from his family in England. Its ryes, bourbons, wheat whiskies, and other spirits all show great complexity and depth of flavor.

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