The barrel strength expression is a unique blend of Home Base's un-proofed flagship bourbon and a four-year wheated bourbon made with organic grains in Sebastopol, CA. Like all their whiskies, it is carefully blended, non-chill filtered, and bottled at Home Base Spirits HQ in Berkeley, CA.
A blend of:
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58% un-proofed Home Base Bourbon:
60% organic corn grown in Sacramento, CA at Adams Grains; 30% malted barley grown in CA, malted at Admiral Maltings in Alameda, CA; 10% organic rye grown in Sacramento, CA at Adams Grains; Distilled, barreled at 115 proof at Corbin Cash Distillery in Atwater, CA in new American oak 30 gallon barrels from from Barrels Unlimited, Medium Char #3; Aged over 3 years in Atwater and Berkeley, CA at Home Base Spirits
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42% barrel strength wheated bourbon:
60% organic corn grown in Sacramento, CA at Adams Grains; 30% organic wheat grown in Sacramento, CA at Adams Grains; 10% organic malted barley; Distilled, barreled at 120 proof at Spirit Works Distillery, Sebastopol, CA in new charred oak 53 gallon barrels; Aged over 4 years in Sebastopol and Berkeley, CA
The end product, bottled at a barrel proof of 58% abv, shows a nose of vanilla, cinnamon french toast and poached pear, with dried cherry, maple, oak, and pepper on the palate.
