The Last Two Original Barrels

Pinhook was founded in 2010 by long-time friends Sean Josephs, Charles Fulford, and Jay Peterson, who were inspired by a shared vision to bring a new perspective to bourbon. In 2011, they bought 20 barrels of three-year-old bourbon from Lawrenceburg Distillers in Indiana (now MGP) and shipped the barrels to Kentucky for aging. Over the next years, they visited Kentucky frequently to monitor their barrels and find inspiration in the birthplace of bourbon, ultimately releasing the first bottles of Pinhook in 2014. While they subsequently bought many more barrels from MGP, which were incorporated into Pinhook’s Vertical Series, only two barrels remained from the original 20 that were purchased to launch Pinhook. In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Pinhook’s inaugural vintage, “Bourbon Courage,” we are thrilled to bottle barrels 517 and 518 and share a small piece of our bourbon journey.