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What to Drink in a Rocking Chair: Hillrock Estate Solera Bourbon

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Jeffrey Baker, Founder, Hillrock Estate Distillery, joins us today to tell us why his Solera Bourbon is the perfect whiskey for reflecting on life's big questions in a rocking chair!

Paint the Pairing: It’s a beautiful evening, and it’s time to get pensive, and time for reflection! You want a layered Bourbon that you could reflect on equally as long. The Solera aging has this Bourbon mingling with all sorts of flavors. Think about your day/week/year/LIFE while you think about this complex whiskey.

What Makes this Whiskey Special:

  • This whiskey not just "Grain to Glass," it's "Field to Glass!" The grain used in Hillrock Estate whiskeys are grown on the property!
  • Not only do they grow their own grain, they also do their own floor malting and turn it into liquid gold. No one does this!
  • To top it off, this whiskey is aged in a Solera system, which is a process for aging spirits by fractional blending in such a way that the finished product is a mixture of ages, with the average age gradually increasing as the process continues over many years. Listen for more details!
  • These blends were also developed by the late, great, Master Distiller, Dave Pickerell
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