Barrel#: 3006

Age: 4yr 4 mo

Finish: 3-years ex-hot honey barrel

Proof: 113 proof

Mash bill: 100% Rye

Source: Catoctin Creek

Tasting Notes: The nose begins with thick raw honey and pine right away, followed by dried cherry, fig, and apricot before a flick of chili pepper heat and soft, sweet smoke.

The palate comes off richly honey- and maple-forward, but quickly draws attention to toasted oak, black tea, and dried fruits alongside that spicy chili pepper heat. The sensation stings for a few seconds before rolling back into a more familiar prickly rye tail, though the chili character lingers beyond.

The finish returns to honeycomb-like sweetness with nods to lightly toasted oak, lingering long, spiced, and syrupy.

About: Founded in 2009 by Becky and Scott Harris, Catoctin Creek became the first legal distillery in Loudoun County since before Prohibition. Located in Purcellville, Virginia, in the heart of the Loudoun Valley, the distillery draws from a region that helped give birth to American whiskey. At Catoctin Creek, the team remains committed to honoring that heritage, producing Virginia’s most awarded whisky—Roundstone Rye.