Rebecca Creek Distillery had an opportunity to utilize new Spanish Oak barrels as a rare approach to age their bourbon for 4 years before blending it with a 5-year whiskey aged in American Oak. Spanish Oak is a much softer wood with wider grains that absorb more whiskey than the typical American Oak causing the whiskey to easily pull a stronger wood palate with pronounced notes of vanilla along with a dark, rich color that resembles whiskey twice its age. This blended combination was then complemented with South Texas’ Edward’s Aquifer limestone-filtered water creating a whiskey that followed the true spirit of Texas.
