Rare Character KOA Single Barrel Bourbon 8 Year 136.1 Proof 750ml - Selected by Unwind

Barrel type: KOA-44 (Single Barrel)

Age: 8 years 9 months 

Distilled Date: 11-13-2015

Bottled Date: 8-2024

Proof: 136.1pf Cask Strength

Mash Bill: 75% corn, 21% rye, and 4% malted barley (Kentucky Straight Bourbon)

Wax Color: Burgundy

Selection details: Selected by Unwind Bottle Shop.

Rare Character's Co-Founder, Peter Nevenglosky, visited our store and helped us select the best barrel among 5 different samples. We selected our barrel blind from proof and age.

Notes from Rare Character's Founder, Pablo Moix: “KOA is a new one we’re dropping,” says Moix. It’s an 8.5 to 9.5 year old Kentucky straight bourbon, with a mashbill of 75% corn, 21% rye, and 4% malted barley. “There are only 18 barrels, and they’re all phenomenal, and all are jet fuel, with proofs between 137 and 146,” he says. There’s a heavy, rich oak note to these, followed by a lot of cherry syrup, a punch of tobacco, and a bit of mustiness that high proof fans will like. It’s big and robust, per Moix.