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Restoration Rye Whiskey CASTLE & KEY ENTER THE SCENE We visited Castle & Key Distillery in March of this year. The last dregs of winter wind blew over a distillery drenched in history, and now, they come full circle towards towards their whiskey-centric heritage. What is it? It's the historic Castle & Key's very first whiskey release. While their bourbon is still aging, we get a taste of things to come out of the distillery's historic facility. The bottles are over 4 years old, having been bottled in 2016. Castle & Key kept tightlipped on this release until recently, and it reflects the restoration efforts the distillery has painstakingly undertaken to balance innovation with preservation of history and heritage. They are creating a "sensory profile" with each of the batches used to blend their release, each with its own unique profile to create a blended rye with its own flair.
Kentucky Rye Whiskey Mash Bill: - 17% Yellow Corn - 63% Rye - 20% Malted Barley Aged for over 4 years and blended between two batches: Batch 1: 60 Barrels @ 103p Batch 2: 57 Barrels @ 99p But, who is Castle & Key? Why is their distillery considered a historic stop? And why do they have such an incredible focus on history and restoration anyways? Great questions. Let's take a quick walk through the history of this distillery, and discuss why a whiskey release once more after all these years is such a cool thing.
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