Pinhook, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (2025 release) (Orange wax), NV SO 042525 and Raffault is one of

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Pinhook, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (2025 release) (Orange wax), NV SO 042525 and Raffault is one ofA bourbon released the way wine is: batch by batch, year by year, with no pretense that this year is last year. Pinhook takes its name and its horse racing imagery from Kentucky's other great obsession, but the philosophy is a blender's one, each annual release assembled to be its own thing rather than a carbon copy of the last. This is the 2025 release, dipped in orange wax. Kentucky straight bourbon is a legally serious phrase: new charred oak, a