Hirsch The Departure American Single Malt Whiskey (75cl, 49%)

Hirsch The Departure is an American single malt at 49% ABV, in a 750ml bottle. It is the first Hirsch expression distilled in-house, at the original Potrero Hill distillery of Hotaling & Co in San Francisco. Hirsch had previously built its name on sourced bourbon. It was released in March 2025 as a limited edition. The whiskey is made from 100% Maris Otter malted barley, double distilled in small copper pot stills, and aged for 6 years and 9 months in new American oak and toasted American oak barrels. The nose is grassy caramel and grain. The palate brings sweet cereal, green tea, baking spice and fruit, and the long finish builds herbal tea, dried fruit, cocoa nibs and oak.