The Woodwork Collective
The Woodwork Collective Tasting Kit
- Included samples
- 6
- Volume per sample
- 1.5 oz
- Tasting format
- Live guided virtual tasting
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$129
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What the purchase includes
- 6 × 1.5 oz samples
- Live tasting RSVP included with purchase
- RSVP details provided after purchase
Event Details
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Tasting Passport
Your guide to the flight.
- Included samples
- 6
- Volume per sample
- 1.5 oz
- Tasting format
- Live guidedOnline
6 distinct expressions
9 oz total across the flight
- Producer / producers
- The Woodwork Collective
- Region / origin
- Kentucky; Indiana
- Spirit categories
- Bourbon · Rye whiskey
- Strength
- 102–126.6 proof
- Event date
- Event time
- How you receive access
- RSVP details provided after purchase
- Tasting community
- The Prime Barrel Discord
5 of 6 included expressions have a published bottling proof
Age, proof, mash bill and tasting notes are recorded by expression below. Unpublished details are omitted.
Flight lineup
What's in the Flight
Expressions are numbered for reference; no pour order is implied. Each detail comes from this kit’s published contents.
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01
Prime Barrel 11 Year Kentucky Bourbon
The Prime Barrel · Bourbon
- Sample volume
- 1.5 oz
- Age
- 11 years
- Proof / ABV
- 102.0 Proof51.0% ABV
- Strength
- Cask strength
(Preview — launches April 2026 | 102 Proof) Distilled at Buffalo Trace in June 2008, then re-barreled into 48-month air-seasoned Minnesota oak from Kelvin Cooperage for a rare secondary aging. At 102 proof cask strength, it's denser and more confectioned than its 10-year predecessor: dark cherry compote, brûléed sugar, and vanilla bean on the nose; black cherry, maple candy, and polished wood tannin on the palate; cocoa nib, toasted pecan, and seasoned oak on a finish that rewards patience. This kit is your pour before the public launch.
Expression details
Tasting notes
- Nose
- Dark cherry compote, brûléed sugar, and vanilla bean
- Palate
- Black cherry, maple candy, and polished wood tannin
- Finish
- Cocoa nib, toasted pecan, and seasoned oak
At 102 proof cask strength, it's denser and more confectioned than its 10-year predecessor: dark cherry compote, brûléed sugar, and vanilla bean on the nose; black cherry, maple candy, and polished wood tannin on the palate; cocoa nib, toasted pecan, and seasoned oak on a finish that rewards patience.
Tasting notes are hidden — blind tasting mode is on.
Maturation
(Preview — launches April 2026 | 102 Proof) Distilled at Buffalo Trace in June 2008, then re-barreled into 48-month air-seasoned Minnesota oak from Kelvin Cooperage for a rare secondary aging.
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02
A. Altschuler & Co. 19 Year Single Barrel KY Bourbon Prime Barrel Pick
A. Altschuler & Co. · Bourbon
- Sample volume
- 1.5 oz
- Age
- 19 years
- Proof / ABV
- 114.46 Proof57.23% ABV
(Preview — upcoming | 57.23% ABV | 19 Years) Fifteen years in American oak built the foundation. Four years in French oak changed the conversation. Where lesser finishing programs leave a detectable seam between base spirit and added wood, Barrel 22-W reads as a single integrated thought — deep caramel and vanilla bean on the nose, cocoa and dried cherry through the mid-palate, toasted almond and baking spice threading toward a finish with genuine old-library maturity: cigar box, polished leather, a wine-like dryness that sustains long after the sweetness fades. One hundred bottles. The Second Pull saved the most complete expression for last.
Expression details
Tasting notes
- Nose
- Deep caramel and vanilla bean
- Palate
- Cocoa and dried cherry
- Finish
- Cigar box, polished leather, a wine-like dryness that sustains long after the sweetness fades
Where lesser finishing programs leave a detectable seam between base spirit and added wood, Barrel 22-W reads as a single integrated thought — deep caramel and vanilla bean on the nose, cocoa and dried cherry through the mid-palate, toasted almond and baking spice threading toward a finish with genuine old-library maturity: cigar box, polished leather, a wine-like dryness that sustains long after the sweetness fades.
Tasting notes are hidden — blind tasting mode is on.
Maturation
(Preview — upcoming | 57.23% ABV | 19 Years) Fifteen years in American oak built the foundation. Four years in French oak changed the conversation.
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03
A. Altschuler & Co. 19 Year "Ebony" Single Barrel KY Bourbon
A. Altschuler & Co. · Bourbon
- Sample volume
- 1.5 oz
- Age
- 19 years
- Proof / ABV
- 110.9 Proof55.45% ABV
(55.45% ABV) Two mature streams married inside a single cured-oak cask and given time to fully integrate. "Ebony" earns its name: black caramel, espresso crema, cocoa nib, and spiced plum on the palate, with cured oak lending a drying cadence that keeps the sweetness in check. The finish runs long and inky — resonant in a way that a 110-bottle outturn either justifies or doesn't. This one does.
Expression details
Tasting notes
- Palate
- Black caramel, espresso crema, cocoa nib, and spiced plum
- Finish
- Long and inky
"Ebony" earns its name: black caramel, espresso crema, cocoa nib, and spiced plum on the palate, with cured oak lending a drying cadence that keeps the sweetness in check.
Tasting notes are hidden — blind tasting mode is on.
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04
Raconteur Rye "Gemini I"
The Woodwork Collective / David Jennings · Rye whiskey
- Sample volume
- 1.5 oz
- Age
- 8 years
- Proof / ABV
- 126.6 Proof63.3% ABV
(The Woodwork Collective x David Jennings | 126.6 Proof | 8 Year Indiana 95/5) Eight-year Indiana 95/5 rye finished across three vessels: Mizunara oak, 48-month cured and toasted American oak, and ex-Indiana 51% rye barrels. Butter toffee and singed orange peel on the nose, peppery caramel and blood orange on the palate, a long finish with fizzy cola, clove, and sassafras threading through the back. At 126.6 proof it has real presence — the three-wood finishing keeps it coherent rather than combative.
Expression details
Tasting notes
- Nose
- Butter toffee and singed orange peel
- Palate
- Peppery caramel and blood orange
- Finish
- Long finish with fizzy cola, clove, and sassafras
Butter toffee and singed orange peel on the nose, peppery caramel and blood orange on the palate, a long finish with fizzy cola, clove, and sassafras threading through the back.
Tasting notes are hidden — blind tasting mode is on.
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05
Raconteur Rye "Gemini II"
The Woodwork Collective / David Jennings · Rye whiskey
- Sample volume
- 1.5 oz
- Age
- 8 years
- Proof / ABV
- 120.8 Proof60.4% ABV
(The Woodwork Collective x David Jennings | 120.8 Proof | 8 Year Kentucky 95/5) Same mash bill, same age, different state, different finishing entirely. Kentucky 95/5 rye finished solely in Mizunara — darker in register than Gemini I, denser on the nose with cake frosting and vanilla crème. English toffee, caramel, and strawberries and cream on the palate; rich custard, toasted oak, and warm baking spice on a finish carrying barrel-aged citrus and butterscotch. Tasting Gemini II after Gemini I is how both bottles fully reveal themselves.
Expression details
Tasting notes
- Nose
- Cake frosting and vanilla crème
- Palate
- English toffee, caramel, and strawberries and cream
- Finish
- Rich custard, toasted oak, warm baking spice, barrel-aged citrus and butterscotch
Kentucky 95/5 rye finished solely in Mizunara — darker in register than Gemini I, denser on the nose with cake frosting and vanilla crème. English toffee, caramel, and strawberries and cream on the palate; rich custard, toasted oak, and warm baking spice on a finish carrying barrel-aged citrus and butterscotch.
Tasting notes are hidden — blind tasting mode is on.
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06
Blind sample 6
Identity and specifications are withheld for the blind tasting.
Samples are poured into 1.5 oz tasting bottles. Full-size bottles are not included in this kit.
Why this flight
Some tasting kits let you explore what's already on the shelf. This one doesn't work that way.
Two of the six bottles here — the Prime Barrel 11 Year Kentucky Bourbon and the A. Altschuler & Co. 19 Year Single Barrel — haven't launched yet. You're tasting the decision before you make it. Three more bring together Altschuler's most architecturally complex release to date and the complete Raconteur Rye Gemini dual release — a project that exists because David Jennings and The Woodwork Collective's James Symons were running two separate batches simultaneously, and the whiskey itself decided they belonged together.
Then there's the sixth bottle. We're not telling you what it is.
Mashbill, proof, age — you'll figure it out live on April 8th. Or you won't. Either way, it's one of the most interesting pour of the night.
What's Inside- 1 x 1.5 oz Prime Barrel 11 Year Kentucky Bourbon (Preview — launches April 2026 | 102 Proof) Distilled at Buffalo Trace in June 2008, then re-barreled into 48-month air-seasoned Minnesota oak from Kelvin Cooperage for a rare secondary aging. At 102 proof cask strength, it's denser and more confectioned than its 10-year predecessor: dark cherry compote, brûléed sugar, and vanilla bean on the nose; black cherry, maple candy, and polished wood tannin on the palate; cocoa nib, toasted pecan, and seasoned oak on a finish that rewards patience. This kit is your pour before the public launch.
- 1 x 1.5 oz A. Altschuler & Co. 19 Year Single Barrel KY Bourbon Prime Barrel Pick (Preview — upcoming | 57.23% ABV | 19 Years) Fifteen years in American oak built the foundation. Four years in French oak changed the conversation. Where lesser finishing programs leave a detectable seam between base spirit and added wood, Barrel 22-W reads as a single integrated thought — deep caramel and vanilla bean on the nose, cocoa and dried cherry through the mid-palate, toasted almond and baking spice threading toward a finish with genuine old-library maturity: cigar box, polished leather, a wine-like dryness that sustains long after the sweetness fades. One hundred bottles. The Second Pull saved the most complete expression for last.
- 1 x 1.5 oz A. Altschuler & Co. 19 Year "Ebony" Single Barrel KY Bourbon (55.45% ABV) Two mature streams married inside a single cured-oak cask and given time to fully integrate. "Ebony" earns its name: black caramel, espresso crema, cocoa nib, and spiced plum on the palate, with cured oak lending a drying cadence that keeps the sweetness in check. The finish runs long and inky — resonant in a way that a 110-bottle outturn either justifies or doesn't. This one does.
- 1 x 1.5 oz Raconteur Rye "Gemini I" (The Woodwork Collective x David Jennings | 126.6 Proof | 8 Year Indiana 95/5) Eight-year Indiana 95/5 rye finished across three vessels: Mizunara oak, 48-month cured and toasted American oak, and ex-Indiana 51% rye barrels. Butter toffee and singed orange peel on the nose, peppery caramel and blood orange on the palate, a long finish with fizzy cola, clove, and sassafras threading through the back. At 126.6 proof it has real presence — the three-wood finishing keeps it coherent rather than combative.
- 1 x 1.5 oz Raconteur Rye "Gemini II" (The Woodwork Collective x David Jennings | 120.8 Proof | 8 Year Kentucky 95/5) Same mash bill, same age, different state, different finishing entirely. Kentucky 95/5 rye finished solely in Mizunara — darker in register than Gemini I, denser on the nose with cake frosting and vanilla crème. English toffee, caramel, and strawberries and cream on the palate; rich custard, toasted oak, and warm baking spice on a finish carrying barrel-aged citrus and butterscotch. Tasting Gemini II after Gemini I is how both bottles fully reveal themselves.
- 1 x 1.5 oz ??? Mystery Bottle We picked it. We finished it. We're not saying another word about it.
On April 8th, you'll nose it, taste it, and tell us what you think is in the glass. Grain bill. Age. Proof. Finish. Take your best shot — the call is where we find out how well this community actually knows its whiskey. One hint: it's finished in something you don't see every day. Beyond that, the bottle stays sealed until we open it together.
Why This Collection Belongs in Your Glass
- Pour Before You Buy: Two bottles in this kit — the Prime Barrel 11 Year and the Altschuler 22-W — launch after April 8th. The tasting is your advance verdict before committing to either full bottle.
- Altschuler at Full Depth: Barrel 22-W and Ebony together represent 210 bottles across two expressions with distinct wood stories, 19 years of maturation, and finishing decisions that integrate rather than decorate.
- The Gemini Comparison No Other Kit Offers: Gemini I and Gemini II share the same mash bill and age — and taste strikingly different because of state of distillation and finishing approach. Side by side is the only way to fully understand what each one is doing.
- One Bottle, No Context: The Mystery Bottle is deliberately undisclosed. Mashbill, proof, age, finish — all of it stays hidden until April 8th. Come with a theory. Leave with an answer.
🥃 Live Virtual Tasting with The Woodwork Collective
- 📅 Date: Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
- ⏰ Time: 8 PM Eastern / 5PM Pacific
- 📧 RSVP: Details emailed after purchase
For early speculation, pre-call guesses on the Mystery Bottle, and everything in between, the conversation starts now on The Prime Barrel Discord.
Taste the decision. Then make it — and figure out what's in that sixth glass.
Event Details
The guided tasting
The kit ships to you; the tasting happens together, online. Pour along and compare notes as the flight moves through the lineup.
- Event date
- Event time
- Tasting format
- Live guided virtual tasting
- How you receive access
- RSVP details provided after purchase
- Admission
- Live tasting RSVP included with purchase
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