Oak & Eden Combo: Wheat & Spire Single Barrel Pick (INDIAN SUMMER) + Bourbon & Vine Oak & Eden

Wheat & Spire Single Barrel Pick (INDIAN SUMMER)

SPIRIT: Wheated Bourbon Whiskey

Our Wheat & Spire begins with a remarkably smooth combination of 51% corn, 45% wheat and 4% malted barley. Once distilled, we age our bourbon for two years in new barrels made of American oak producing a rich, deep yet sweet spirit that is a pleasure to imbibe. We bottle our wheated bourbon at 90 proof.

WOOD: French Oak

Now that our masterpiece is bottled, the work of finishing begins. Unlike traditional finished whiskey, we do not rest our whiskey in a secondary cask, but finish our whiskey in-bottle. We do this by placing a 5” long spiral-cut piece of wood, cut from the same species of wood as the finishing barrel into our bottle. In the Wheat & Spire, we cut a Spire from French Oak, porous and rich, containing nearly twice the amount of natural botanicals as American Oak, creating a rich, fruity, silky finish.

FIRE: Medium+ Toast

Before we place the spire of wood into the Wheat & Spire, we expose it to fire, toasting the wood to the perfect degree that will produce a finish that is deep and rich with subtle notes of fruit and vanilla.

This Single Barrel Spire Select was selected by Indian Summer.

Bourbon & Vine

Bourbon & Vine was Oak & Eden’s first small-batch expression, and clear fan favorite, so we decided to bring it back for a second edition. We start with bourbon whiskey, aged for two years in new American charred oak barrels, producing a rich, deep and sweet, yet slightly spicy spirit. We then add the magic – a 5” long spiral cut piece of French Oak which had rested in Marker Cellars’ cabernet sauvignon before infusing it into our bottle, finishing our whiskey.