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Pappy Van Winkle - Old Rip Van Winkle - 15yrs - Family Reserve Lawrenceburg - Cask 653
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A highly sought-after and rare Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey from the legendary Pappy Van Winkle family reserve line. Known for its exceptional smoothness, rich caramel and vanilla notes, hints of oak, dried fruit, and a long, warming finish. Bottled at cask strength, it is widely considered one of the finest bourbons produced in the United States.
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Provenance
- Type
- Whisky
- Producer
- Pappy Van Winkle's
- Country
- USA
- Region
- Kentucky
- Style
- Bourbon
Technical
- Vintage
- Grapes
- ABV
- Size
- Ageing
- Serving
- 18° - 22° C
- Drinking window
Key characteristics
About this whisky
This is the 15-Year Family Reserve from Old Rip Van Winkle, bottled from cask 653 and produced in Kentucky. A wheated bourbon, it carries the extended ageing and higher proof (53.5% ABV) that define the Van Winkle Family Reserve tier.
Fifteen years in oak brings depth, dried fig, toffee, leather and baking spice layered over the softer wheated sweetness, finishing long and warm. Pour neat in a heavy tumbler, ideally as the last drink of the evening rather than a mixer. A bottle for guests who know what they are being poured.
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Ingredients
- 60 ml Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve 15 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- 20 ml aged balsamic vinegar
- 15 ml maple syrup
- 10 ml fresh lemon juice
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- 1 dash orange bitters
- Ice for stirring
Method
- Fill a mixing glass with ice.
- Add the bourbon, aged balsamic vinegar, maple syrup, fresh lemon juice, and both bitters to the mixing glass.
- Stir continuously for 30 seconds until well-chilled and properly diluted.
- Strain through a fine mesh strainer into the prepared glass.
- Express the oils from an orange peel over the surface.
Serve
Coupe glass chilled with ice water and discarded, garnished with a single large orange peel twist placed across the rim and a single luxardo cherry suspended on a cocktail pick resting on the glass edge, presented with a small card noting the bourbon's 15-year age statement.
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