{"product_id":"nashtucky-9-year-single-barrel-hi-proof-pick-kelvin-barrel-9038-130-4-proof-oz-taylor","title":"Nashtucky 9 Year Single Barrel Hi-Proof Pick – Kelvin Barrel #9038 130.4 Proof","description":"\u003cp\u003eNASHTUCKY 9 YEARS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e130.04 PROOF\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKELVIN BARREL.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSOURCE FROM OZ TAYLOR ( \u003cspan\u003e75\/21\/4 )\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBARREL # 9038\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSome barrel picks take months of emails, sample shipments, and scheduling. This one took a single afternoon and a lucky question.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOn June 29th, we walked into Nashville Barrel Company unannounced. NBC has one of the best tasting bars in Tennessee, and whenever we're in town, we make a point of stopping in for a pour. We weren't there to buy anything. We were just there to drink good whiskey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSomewhere between sips, we asked: \u003cem\u003eAny plans to bring Nashtucky to California?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAs it turned out, they had finalized California distribution just days earlier. Before we could even react, James offered to pull a few barrel samples for us right then and there. No appointment, no paperwork, just a genuine offer to share what they had.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe didn't need to be asked twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJames poured three samples. All three were excellent, but one was the clear favorite around the table. The vote was unanimous: Barrel #9038.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt's a nine-year-old bourbon distilled at O.Z. Tyler in Kentucky on a 75% corn, 21% rye, 4% malted barley mashbill, bottled at a full 130.04 proof. It was aged in a barrel from Kelvin Cooperage, a Scottish family-run cooperage in Louisville that still toasts and chars every barrel by hand over open wood fires, with no gas jets and no timers. That old-school approach gives the whiskey a depth you can taste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWe didn't ask for more samples. We didn't say \"let us think about it.\" We picked it on the spot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAfter years of barrel selections, this is the first pick we've ever made as a walk-in. Sometimes the best barrels find you when you're not looking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nashtucky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52394269966637,"sku":"850033779776","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/0272\/3373\/files\/IMG_2248.heic?v=1790194858","url":"https:\/\/www.hiproof.com\/products\/nashtucky-9-year-single-barrel-hi-proof-pick-kelvin-barrel-9038-130-4-proof-oz-taylor","provider":"Hi Proof","version":"1.0","type":"link"}