Old No. 176 Barrel Reserve Gin

Gin description

Old No. 176™ Barrel Reserve is a special version of our “railroad” gin. It is an unusual gin, distilled directly off of the same corn mash used for our whiskey, but with the juniper and other botanicals, and then rested used bourbon barrels. The mash bill for Old No. 176™ is 83% corn with the balance barley malt and rye malt, same as for our Water Tower White Lightning™ unaged corn whiskey and Bourbon Spring™ young rested Illinois bourbon whiskey. It is fermented and distilled on grain after mashing. The gin is traditionally handmade with a single distillation in our copper pot still. While still juniper-forward, our gin marries the traditional piney flavor of juniper with coriander, elderberry, orris root, and angelica root, and finishes with the nuanced bitter-sweet of licorice root. The time the Barrel Reserve has spent in oak barrels previously used to age our Bourbon Spring™ whiskey mellows out the juniper and adds color and subtle flavors. The result is a very unique spirit, with some of the characteristics found in both gin and whiskey.