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Description
In 1887, Colonel Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr. built a new kind of distillery destination in Millville, Kentucky. Inspired by European architecture, the site featured a real castle, a classical Springhouse, and a Sunken Garden. What he built became the birthplace of bourbon hospitality and tourism. Prohibition forced the closing of the distillery in 1920. Over the next century, the property changed owners and occupants several times, eventually falling into ruin.
In 2014, the Castle & Key team purchased the Old Taylor Distillery, in ruins. They got to work, building a consortium of like-minded people, often from outside the industry, who shared their vision. Their team restored the distillery and pondered a name that would fit with both the distillery’s history and modern ideals. After much debate and exploration, Castle & Key was a perfect fit as it highlighted both the historic distillery in the Castle and the importance of their water source, the keyhole-shaped Springhouse.
Taste
Mash bill of 73% white corn, 10% rye, and 17% malted barley.
Corn is sourced from Walnut Grove Farm in Adairville, Kentucky; rye is sourced from Germany; barley is sourced from Malteurop Malting Company (multiple US locations). Sour mash fermented. Water for production comes from Castle & Key’s historic key-shaped limestone spring. Distilled in 24-inch and 36-inch Vendome copper column stills and a 375-gallon doubler.
Aged 6 years in untoasted char #3 new American oak barrels from Speyside Cooperage in Jackson, Ohio
Brand Tasting Notes: The nose offers buttery graham cracker with hints of fresh red apple and honeysuckle, punctuated by clove. The palate deepens to toffee and molasses, framed by notes of raisin and orange zest, with a faint rasp of oak lifting to cinnamon and white pepper on the finish.
Details
- Bottle Size750
- DistilleryCastle & Key
- StyleBourbon Whiskey
- RegionKentucky
- Age6
- ABV50.5%
- Country of OriginUnited States
- Cask StrengthNo
- Cask TypeNew Charred American Oak
