Whiskey Assessment: Penelope Rosé Cask End (Batch 8)

Editor’s Notice: We acquired a overview pattern of this whiskey from the model. Nonetheless, in accordance with our editorial insurance policies, this has not influenced the result of our overview in any method.

Penelope Bourbon was based in 2018 and named for founder Michael Paladini’s daughter, Penelope. The energy of this model’s capability to have crafted through the years since then a sequence of sourced straight bourbon and rye whiskey expressions which can be all uniquely blended and completed garnered the eye of Indiana-based spirits large MGP, who acquired Penelope in mid-2023 for over $100 million.

Utilizing MGP juice, Penelope’s core expressions of 4 Grain, Barrel Power, Architect, and Toasted Bourbon have acquired over 40 mixed awards and business accolades. In 2024, the model gained Double Gold on the San Francisco World Spirits Competitors for Barrel Power and Toasted, Double Platinum on the ASCOT Awards for Barrel Power, Double Gold for Rio, and an Innovation Award for Toasted on the SIP Awards.

Along with its cornerstone expressions, Penelope continues to introduce restricted releases inside its Cooper Sequence, Personal Choose, and Founders Reserve strains.

What’s within the bottle

The whiskey being reviewed right here, Penelope Rosé Cask Finish (Batch 8), heralds from the restricted version Cooper Sequence. The bottling takes Penelope’s signature 4 Grain straight bourbon whiskey and finishes it in hand-selected Grenache rosé wine casks from the Southern Rhône area of France for some time.

Extra particularly, what you may have here’s a mix of three bourbon mash payments comprised of 4 grains (Corn, Wheat, Rye, and Malted Barley) that finally ends up with a mash invoice of 76% Corn, 14% Wheat, 7% Rye, and three% Malted Barley that’s aged for 4-5 years. The rosé wine casks’ ending interval is 4 months earlier than the top product is non-chill filtered and bottled at 94 proof.

“Rosé Cask End was our first-ever launch in our Cooper Sequence and has at all times been effectively acquired by shoppers,” stated Paladini on the time this was launched. “Batch 8 presents an exquisite mixture of candy and delicate taste, excellent for the summer season, at a brand new shelf worth of $49.99. This extremely anticipated launch presents one thing actually particular for bourbon and wine fans alike.”