Rabbit Hole is producing some very good whiskeys. I have had this bottle for some time now and it was in the running for whiskey of the month, but narrowly was beaten out by another whiskey. It is a very good Bourbon. Raceking is a five grain Bourbon with a mash bill of 70% corn, 12% rye, 10% malted barley, 4% malted wheat and 3% chocolate malt. It has a very rich candy-like flavor that Matt and I like. Here are our tasting notes.
Rabbit Hole Raceking Bourbon
Proof: 95
Age: Six Years Old
Nose:
- Mike: Caramel, chocolate, apples, baking spices and oak wood.
- Matt: Caramel, chocolate, raisins, French burnt peanuts and oak wood.
Taste:
- Mike: Caramel, chocolate, orange zest, apples, cinnamon, nutmeg and oak wood. Tasted with a dried cranberry and raspberry and white pepper come forward. Tasted with a pecan and it becomes a chocolate covered caramel candy.
- Matt: Chocolate, raisins, red pepper flakes and oak wood. The dried cranberry brought out blackberry. The pecan made the pepper a black pepper with blackberry jam.
Finish:
- Mike: Long with oak wood, chocolate, cinnamon and nutmeg. The dried cranberry added white pepper to the finish. The pecan made the finish very long with oak wood and rich caramel.
- Matt: Long with oak wood and red pepper flakes. The dried cranberry added lingering black berry. The pecan made the finish very long with oak wood, black pepper and lingering blackberry.
I would pair this fine Bourbon with a My Father The Judge cigar. The rich vanilla and chocolate in the smoke would pair well with the caramel and chocolate in the Bourbon.
Photos Courtesy of Rosemary Miller