Pinhook 2023 Artist Series No. 3 Double-Blended Bourbon

Batch Number 2
Bottle Number 448

Pinhook Boubon's Artist Series dedicates each vintage's label to feature original work commissioned by a renowned artist and inspired by the whiskey itself. Their 2023 vintage features artwork by New Orleans-based artist, Alexa Pulitzer.

"The limited Artist Series has always been a fun way for me to collaborate and work in a creative space with tastemakers from different industries," says Sean Josephs, Pinhook master blender. "Each release is unique and tells a different story, from how it's blended and proofed to the design of each bottle. To celebrate this year's release and how it came to be, we've collaborated with Alexa Pulitzer to help tell the story."

In this year's vintage, Pinhook brings an innovative twist to whiskey by borrowing a technique used in making Cognac. During that process, Brandy is taken from barrels, blended and then returned to the barrels for further aging.

In keeping with creating art from this spirit, Pinhook has re-barreled one micro-blend at cask strength and a second at 110 proof to see how wood and whiskey might interact at varying proofs. Through this technique in combining liquids from different barrels, the most captivating bourbon is produced, deep and rich with harmonious fruit-forward flavors like apricot and dried mango. The result is a work of art not only outside the bottle, but inside as well.

To capture the story behind this bottle, Alexa lends her hand to creating an illustration of Pinhook's master blender, Sean Josephs, deeply engrossed in the blending process. In her signature style, Alexa infuses her native culture with her vast experiences abroad to create her iconic, sophisticated artwork; she infuses that style into the handcrafted image that adorns Artist Series No. 3 Double-Blended Bourbon.