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Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 24 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

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Bourbon · Kentucky · 45.4% ABV · 750 ml

$699.99 USD

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About this bottle

Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 24 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is a bourbon from Kentucky, Kentucky made by Orphan Barrel. It is bottled at 45.4% ABV, carrying a 24-year age statement, in a 750 ml bottle. Producer tasting notes — on the nose: Oak, caramel, vanilla, clove, anise, cinnamon, dark fruit, leather, nuts and a bit of brown sugar; on the palate: Oak, vanilla, complex dark sweets (toffee, cocoa, caramel, etc.), complex spice (anise, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc.), honey and a light bit of leather and brown sugar; finish: Long; Oak, caramel, vanilla, spice, honey and nuts.

Tasting notes

Nose
Oak, caramel, vanilla, clove, anise, cinnamon, dark fruit, leather, nuts and a bit of brown sugar.
Palate
Oak, vanilla, complex dark sweets (toffee, cocoa, caramel, etc.), complex spice (anise, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc.), honey and a light bit of leather and brown sugar.
Finish
Long; Oak, caramel, vanilla, spice, honey and nuts.

Product facts

Producer / brandOrphan Barrel
StyleBourbon
CategoryWhiskey › Bourbon
CountryKentucky
RegionKentucky
Alcohol45.4% ABV (90.8 proof)
Bottle size750 ml
Age statement24 years
PackSingle bottle
CollectionsAged 12 years and overAged 18 years and over$250 and up
Product IDsh-ca-1681458757743
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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Tasting

The pour matched the page.

“A slow sip of Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 24 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey after it arrived from Spirit Hives. No guesswork about what I had bought.”
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