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86% Corn, 8% Malted Barley, and 6% Rye Mash Bill Whiskeys

These are popular whiskeys with mash bill of 86% Corn, 8% Malted Barley, and 6% Rye.

Orphan Barrel Barterhouse
Orphan Barrel Barterhouse

Tasting notes include warm biscuits and buttercream, with spice and brown sugar in the finish.

Orphan Barrel Muckety-Muck 24 Year
Orphan Barrel Muckety-Muck 24 Year

The bursting aroma starts with a burst of caramel and notes of baked sugar backed by the taste of crisp fruit and lightly toasted oak. The fruit-forward flavor is blended with hints of butterscotch vanilla which carry through to the

Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 20 Years Old Bourbon
Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 20 Years Old Bourbon

Rhetoric features notes of smoked vanilla oak, toasted rye, and dried fruits with a long, full finish of cherry blossom and bitter chocolate

Orphan Barrel Forged Oak
Orphan Barrel Forged Oak

Forged Oak features aromas of cedar, maple and vanilla bean. Tasting notes include seasoned wood, cocoa and berries. The finish is long, dry and peppery.

Orphan Barrel Forager's Keep
Orphan Barrel Forager's Keep

Aromas of fruit and freshly cut, crisp red apple give way to a gentle vanilla creaminess sheltering dense, but distant orange peel for a mellow, warming taste with a hint of wood spices and a sweet finish.

Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 22 Years Old Bourbon
Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 22 Years Old Bourbon

Beginning with hints of toasted grains, cherries and oak wood, Rhetoric 22-Year-Old tastes of toasted oak, dark chocolate with ripe banana and baking spices of clove and anise. The finish is long and woody ending with dark chocolate notes.

Orphan Barrel Lost Prophet
Orphan Barrel Lost Prophet

Lost Prophet features aromas of honey, apricot and clove. Its full-bodied taste includes notes of spiced vanilla and leather, with sweet smoke on the finish.

Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 21 Years Old Bourbon
Orphan Barrel Rhetoric 21 Years Old Bourbon

Beginning with an oaky and leathery nose hinting of vanilla, caramel and honey, Rhetoric 21-Year-Old tastes of charred wood, black pepper spice, dark chocolate and baking spices before a long, woody finish.

Orphan Barrel The Gifted Horse
Orphan Barrel The Gifted Horse

The Gifted Horse has tastes of creamy caramel, Bosc Pear and fruit cake with the fruity notes more apparent with a splash of water. Beginning with a nose hinting at apple skin, almond, toffee, raisins and slight milk chocolate, The

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