Trail's End is a brand of

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Straight

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. It is distributed exclusively by

Hood River Distillers Hood River Distillers is an importer, producer, bottler, and marketer of spirits based in the U.S. State of Oregon. History Established in 1934 in Hood River, Oregon by Ted Pooley and Ned Marshall, Hood River Distillers received the first state d ...

Process

Trail's End is aged in new charred white oak barrels for eight years or ten years in Kentucky. It is made with a traditional mash bill of corn, malted barley and approximately 10%

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. Once in

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, it is steeped with

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, then finished with glacier-fed spring water from

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and bottled at 90 proof. Trail's End is non-chill filtered.

Awards

*2016

San Francisco World Spirits Competition The San Francisco World Spirits Competition was founded in 2001 by Anthony Dias Blue as an off-shoot of the San Francisco International Wine Competition. It assesses hundreds of entrants annually (1,407 in 2013 from 63 countries) with tastings i ...

: Double Gold *2016 Ultimate Spirits Challenge: 95 Points, Extraordinary, Ultimate Recommendation''"Trail's End Finished With Oregon Oak 8 Years Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon (United States), 45% abv, $49.95". Ultimate Beverage Challenge. Retrieved 18 August 2016.'' *2016 The Spirits International Prestige (SIP) Awards: Gold Medal

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