Description
Old Potrero has been distilling in San Francisco since 1993, making it the first American craft whiskey to appear after Prohibition. This Toasted Barrel release comes off a small copper pot still, built entirely from rye malt, and spends at least six years in new toasted American White Oak. Bottled at 66.2% ABV in a 700 ml bottle.
The casks themselves follow 18th-century cooperage practice: staves are heated over fires of oak chips so they bend into shape while the inside of the barrel takes on a light toast, which shapes both the color and the character of the whiskey. The wood is extra-fine grain American White Oak air-dried for 24 months. In the glass it’s rich and layered, with measured sweetness, clean fresh oak, firm rye spice, and a malty, grainy undertone.
