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Barrel Proof B522 is the second batch of 2022 in Heaven Hill's flagship cask-strength programme — a 12-year-old Kentucky Straight bottled uncut and unfiltered at 60.5% volume (121 proof). The full expression of a dozen years in new charred American oak: concentrated, powerful, structured.
MATURATION: a small batch of barrels hand-selected by Master Distiller Conor O'Driscoll from Heaven Hill's deep reserves, vatted but otherwise untouched — no chill-filtration, no caramel colouring, no proofing-down with water. The Barrel Proof series releases three batches per year (A, B, C); B522 is the spring 2022 batch, a snapshot of how that selection of 12-year casks tasted at that moment.
SERVING: at cask strength, neat is the start; a small splash of cool water brings the entry under control without flattening the architecture. The high proof rewards an Old Fashioned built strong (a single sugar cube, two dashes Angostura, an orange peel — no muddling), and a bold Manhattan with La Quintinye Vermouth Royal Rouge. At the table the bottle pairs with smoked brisket, peanut brittle, an aged cheddar, or a Nicaraguan habano-seed cigar where weight meets weight.
Pikesville Straight Rye Whiskey refuses to be forgotten. First produced in Maryland in the 1890s, the brand and the rest of the once-booming Maryland Rye industry were shuttered by prohibition.
The brand reemerged after prohibition and became the last Maryland Rye, as the rest of the industry's production had ceased. Now produced in Kentucky from extra-aged barrels stored in prime warehouse locations, Heaven Hill keeps this historic Maryland mark alive with this award-winning six year old, 110 proof offering.
