Rabbit Hole Distillery
Rabbit Hole Distillery
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A brand founded in 2023, Mary Dowling was created by Rabbit Hole Distillery founder Kaveh Zamanian as a tribute to Mary Dowling, whom the brand is hailing as "the mother of bourbon."
One of two debut expressions from Mary Dowling, this double-oaked wheated bourbon is aged in Char #3 and Char #1 new oak barrels and bottled at a cask-strength 107 proof. The mashbill is 65% corn, 25% wheat and 10% malted barley.
If you're unfamiliar with Mary Dowling's story, here's the abridged version: She was in charge of the distillery that produced the Waterfill And Frazier brand. Once Prohibition hit, Dowling turned to bootlegging but was caught by revenue agents. After three years of legal battles, Dowling escaped punishment by the skin of her teeth after the stenographer who had recorded the initial trial died, and nobody was able to read his handwriting. Dowling then hired Joseph L. Beam (likely a last name familiar to you) to move the Waterfill & Frazier distillery to Juarez, Mexico, where they could legally produce whiskey.
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Rich and full of sweet tea, honey, toffee, almond, pralines and caramel candies. There's an interesting woodiness to it, but it's pleasant and not overbearing.
Rich and heavy on brown sugar, toffee, caramelized sugar, pralines and light tobacco. Punchy with a prickle of ethanol, woody and dry.
Long finish. The strength here is the combination of maple, brown sugar, oak and toffee. It's a bit prickly still, a touch more ethanol than I'd expect, but overall pleasant.
Pleasant and complex, this bourbon is fun and quite different from the Rabbit Hole we know. It's got a rough edge here or there but is ultimately a very good release with plenty of room to climb — high.
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