2X0 White Oak Rye Kentucky, USA NOSE: Fresh pine, cool mint, dry cedar, with a hint of char and peppery spice. PALATE: Bold rye spice from the 95% rye mash bill (per the press release) with dominant notes of pine and cedar, balanced by mint and the sweetness from the double-oak finishing (charred white oak) leading into caramel and toasted vanilla. FINISH: Long and layered, with warming spice, fresh-cut wood (cedar/pine), sweet oak notes trailing into a slightly smoky close. NOTES: The “double-oak” or “two times oak” (2XO) process is key: the extra oak exposure builds sweetness to balance out the rye spice. 95% rye mash bill; “Two Times Oak” (double oak) finishing (additional charred American white oak added to straight rye barrels) to build sweetness and complexity.