Pipe Dream Triple Toasted Bourbon is an exploration of wood. Amplifying our current bourbon offering with more flavor from the barrel. With upwards of an additional year of finishing, we found a balanced blend utilizing three unique toasted oak species.
Once we established our house standards, we kept exploring the impact of oak, since it provides nearly 70% of a whiskey’s final flavor.
Over the last year, we took our award-winning, four-grain, Pipe Dream Bourbon and experimented with finishes across three unique toasted oak types: French Oak, Hungarian Oak, and Garryana Oak.
Sampling the progression of oak influence across each allowed us to define the flavor profiles developed by each species.
- French Oak provides additional notes of creamy vanilla and subtle sweetness.
- Hungarian Oak imparts bright nuttiness and hints of earth.
- Garryana Oak, a white oak native to Oregon, delivers bold tannins and notes of black pepper.
Approachability and balance are our mission; we didn’t want an over-the-top oak profile (like many other options on the shelf). So, we decided to marry all three finishes together to create intentional, nuanced layers of complexity.
