Originally recorded: 20221020
Length: 00:50:30
Ape and Reba are joined by Jimmy (PinhookFanBoy on TikTok). A long-awaited guest so we could open a long-awaited bottle – the Pinhook Magenta!
Pinhook High Proof Bourbon – Bourbon Heist
Purchase details:
Location: Gift
Date: ???
Cost: $$
Type: Bourbon
Distillery: Castle & Key, Frankfurt, KY
Bottled in: Bardstown Bourbon Co., Bardstown, KY
Proof: (% ABV) 58 (Proof) 116
Composition: 75% Corn, 15% Rye, 10% Malted Barley
Age: +3 years
BoozApp says:
Avg MSRP - $80.00
Fair Price - $76.80
Shelf Price - n/a
Links for this episode
00:52 …Welcome to Jimmy (and big thanks for all his patience!)
08:50 So glad to finally get to the taste
10:55 Jimmy explains his 6.5 rating on the bottle
14:00 How to move into a high-proof whiskey
15:30 Difference in consistency
18:15 Try all the things – the Whiskey market is a market
21:00 Differences in price – and should we hold on to a bottle
22:00 Challenge accepted! We open the Pinhook 6 year!
24:10 Ape criticizes the Pinhook branding (or at least the website) and what does “pinhook” mean?
33:06 And of course, we have to have the “ice” discussion
41:26 We get to the 6 year…well, almost…but we do
