Distilled: Fall 2016

BARREL SELECTION (RICKHOUSE C)
NUMBER OF BARRELS: 90

Bottled: January 2023

Floor 7: 0%
Floor 6: 0%
Floor 5: 11%
Floor 4: 40%
Floor 3: 31%
Floor 2: 18%
Floor 1: 0%

Rickhouse Proof:

59.6% ALC./VOL. | 119.2 (PROOF)

Kyle’s Notes:

We bottled the first batch of bourbon with four different floors to start the year. This month’s bottling consists of floors 2, 3, 4, and 5 with 18%, 31%, 40%, and 11% of each floor, respectively.

As our barrels keep aging we continue to use different variations of floors with each batch. Initially, we started off with only two floors in a single bottling – so this is a pretty big jump. Not only did we use the most floors in this round, we also introduced floor four to the mix. I hadn’t sampled this floor very often and since we haven’t mixed it with other barrels, I wasn’t sure how this would turn out. I only had a hunch that it would taste good because we all enjoy floors three and five so much.

I’ll be honest, this is a good one. I was pleasantly surprised with the flavor and the finish continues to linger longer than any of our previous releases. It only got better when we decided to accompany our traditional Ben with our Rickhouse version, coming in at 119.2 proof.


The first Rickhouse bottling of the year is a fun one. Just like our Ben Holladay Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon, Rickhouse Proof has four floors in this batch. It’s the first time that we have added a fourth floor and it’s been great spreading out across the floors and mixing different flavors from our 2016 distillate.

I was very impressed with this batch once it was in the bottle. It has a lot of really good flavor going on. By now we are familiar with the yields coming out of floors 2, 3, and 5 and are enjoying the results. This fourth floor – floor 4, there’s lots of 4’s going on here – just adds that lingering finish that we haven’t really experienced in the past. It really sticks with you and I love that.

Finishing at 119.2 proof, this is the highest full proof batch we have done so far. While it doesn’t seem like a full proof should make that much of a difference, there is a notable jump in flavor between Rickhouse Proof and our Ben Holladay Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon.

I’ll be honest, this is a good one. I was pleasantly surprised with the flavor and the finish continues to linger longer than any of our previous releases. It only got better when we decided to accompany our traditional Ben with our Rickhouse version, coming in at 119.2 proof.

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