Five Nine Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 750ml

Five Nine Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is made from a mash bill of corn, rye, and malted barley, matured in new, charred oak barrels for at least nine years — an unusually long aging window for bourbon, well past the four-year mark most straight bourbons use. Independently verified details on the Five Nine brand and its specific producer are limited, so treat the nine-year claim with some caution even though it's plausible. At that age, expect deep caramel, vanilla, and oak character, likely with more tannin and dryness than a younger bourbon typically shows. Bottled at 90 proof, it's built for neat sipping rather than mixing.

How to drink Five Nine Bourbon

Sip it neat to judge whether nine years of oak has pushed it toward dry and tannic or rich and rounded — extended-aged bourbon can go either way. A single large rock is fine if the proof runs hot, but skip sweet mixers that would fight the oak.

Bourbon90 proof · Mash bill: Corn, rye, malted barley · New charred oak · Kentucky