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Rare Character Whiskey Company · Bourbon

2025 Rare Character Limited Release Batch #5 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

4.8 · 24 Spirit Hives stories

Bourbon · United States · 59.76% ABV · 750 ml

$639.99 USD

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About this bottle

2025 Rare Character Limited Release Batch #5 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is a bourbon from Kentucky, United States in our whiskey range. It is bottled at 59.76% ABV, in a 750 ml bottle. Producer tasting notes — on the nose: Rich caramel, vanilla bean, toasted oak, maple syrup, brown sugar, and hints of baking spice; on the palate: Full-bodied and robust with dark toffee, molasses, cinnamon, nutmeg, roasted oak, and subtle cocoa layered over sweet caramel; finish: Long and warming with lingering oak spice, leather, toasted wood, and a gradual fade into maple, vanilla, and soft baking spices.

Described by the producer as a limited or special release. Quantities are not guaranteed.

Tasting notes

Nose
Rich caramel, vanilla bean, toasted oak, maple syrup, brown sugar, and hints of baking spice.
Palate
Full-bodied and robust with dark toffee, molasses, cinnamon, nutmeg, roasted oak, and subtle cocoa layered over sweet caramel.
Finish
Long and warming with lingering oak spice, leather, toasted wood, and a gradual fade into maple, vanilla, and soft baking spices.

Product facts

Producer / brandRare Character Whiskey Company (derived from the product title)
StyleBourbon
CategoryWhiskey › Bourbon
CountryUnited States
RegionKentucky
Alcohol59.76% ABV (119.5 proof)
Bottle size750 ml
Age statementNo age statement
Vintage2025
PackSingle bottle
CollectionsLimited releasesCask strength & high proof$250 and up
Product IDsh-ca-8885292171402
GTIN / MPNNot supplied by the producer record

Serving & pairing

Try it neat or with a single large ice cube. Bourbon’s caramel and vanilla sit well beside pecan pie, barbecue and aged cheddar.

What makes a whiskey a bourbon?

US law requires bourbon to be made in the United States from a mash of at least 51% corn, distilled to no more than 80% ABV, aged in new charred oak containers, entered into the barrel at no more than 62.5% ABV and bottled at 40% ABV or more. “Straight” bourbon has been aged at least two years with no added colouring or flavouring.

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◇   WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY   ◇

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Advent calendar

Advent, then a full-size bottle.

“Twenty-four small pours, each with a card. December at our house became a ritual, and we already know which Spirit Hives bottles we are buying properly in January.”
Oliver B.Whisky advent
Retirement gift

A retirement bottle with a box.

“Twenty-five years deserved a twenty-five-year Scotch. Spirit Hives sent it in the producer's presentation box. The whole office signed the card around it.”
Robert and June25-year-old Scotch
Whisky club

Cask strength, labelled as such.

“ABV and proof on the card, so I knew I was buying 58 percent and could plan the water. Big, oily, brilliant. Exactly what Spirit Hives said it was.”
Neil D.Cask-strength bourbon
A treat

Japanese whisky I could actually pay for.

“I lined up three blends, saw the sizes and the prices, and picked the 700 ml I could afford. Spirit Hives did not hide the cost. No regrets.”
Ken A.Japanese blended whisky

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