Straight Rye Whiskey 'Sentinel'

• Straight rye whiskey finished in Del Bac Dorado casks produced by Hamilton Distillers in Tucson, Arizona
• Distilled in Indiana from a mash bill of 95% rye and 5% malted barley
• Non-age statement; blend of 2- and 3-year-old straight rye whiskeys
• Finished 4 months in 30-gallon casks that held Del Bac’s mesquite-smoked single malt whiskey, Dorado
• Filtered over a bed of mesquite charcoal
• A classic Indiana rye nose of spearmint, dill, dried cherry, and brown sugar precedes a sprightly palate of roasted corn husk, fresh cream, orange peel, and cracked caraway with dry malt and faint char on a peppery finish
• Non-chill filtered; 46% ABV

While crafting their signature “mesquited, not peated” single malt, Dorado, the team at Hamilton Distillers asked themselves how they could impart a Southwest influence onto rye whiskey. The answer: finish Indiana rye in Dorado quarter casks. Aged in the Arizona heat from July through October of 2022 and filtered over mesquite charcoal in a process inspired by American whiskey tradition, Sentinel offers a new twist on an American classic.

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