Redwood Empire Distilling – Haystack Needle 8 Year Single Barrel Rye Mare Island, Vallejo, California, USA 🌾 Haystack Needle Rye (8-Year Single Barrel): Similar depth with caramel, warm spice, dried fruit, and oak, intensified by higher proof — often with more spice, baking spice, and rye character. Haystack Needle 8 Year Straight Bourbon (and its rye counterpart Haystack Needle 8 Year Single Barrel Rye). This expression is a limited “Haystack Needle” single barrel release from Redwood Empire Distilling — highly collectible and produced in very small quantities, often differing barrel-to-barrel. Single barrel, 100% grain-to-glass expressions. Each barrel is different. Each embraces a unique harmony between grain, distilling, barreling, and aging that showcases our hard-earned house style. We only produce 4 barrels a day. With such small production we have an intimate relationship with every barrel, from start to finish.