Cascade Hole Distilling simply launched a 15-year-old barrel proof spirit in choose U.S. markets that technically doesn’t qualify as a whiskey.
The brand new Cascade Moon providing initially entered the barrel at 115 proof, the place it was aged for 15 years in Cascade Hole’s single story rickhouses.
Cascade’s Basic Supervisor and Distiller Nicole Austin defined in a ready assertion that because of the curious circumstances skilled by these barrels, the proof of the providing dropped to 79.8, beneath the minimal normal to be categorised as a whiskey.
Cascade Moon 15 12 months Outdated Barrel Proof (picture by way of Cascade Hole)
Since its founding in 2020, the Cascade Moon Collection has sought to discover what’s described by the model as the connection between proof and high quality within the whiskey class.
“With every Cascade Moon launch, I’ve had the possibility to share quite a lot of completely different choices primarily based on my inspirations on the time,” Austin stated. “One factor that drew me towards releasing one thing like Cascade Moon 15 12 months Outdated Barrel Proof is the way it completely demonstrates the stability of approachability and high quality doable with a lower-proof spirit. I hope this launch helps change the way in which the class perceives decrease proof spirits, whereas additionally offering whisky followers with entry to a chic spirit.”
The distiller’s notes describe the Cascade Moon 15 12 months Outdated Barrel Proof as a spirit with a shocking depth of character, providing an fragrant and tropical nostril, with a end of leather-based and oak.
The discharge of Cascade Moon 15 12 months Outdated Barrel Proof comes shortly after the Cascade Moon 13 12 months Outdated Rye gained Double Gold on the San Francisco World Spirits Competitors in Could.
Out there now, Cascade Moon is in choose markets for a restricted time, with a instructed retail worth of $124.99.
