Spirit Hound Distillers announced the release of its Five-Year Rye Whisky. This limited bottle release includes allocations to craft beverage stores across Colorado, marking the first time Spirit Hound’s Rye Whisky is available at retail.

The Rye Whisky is distilled on two hand-built-from-scratch stills designed and built by hand by founder and head distiller Craig Engelhorn. It has been aged for more than 5 years in new, fully charred American oak barrels before being bottled in an unblended “single-barrel” fashion. With a Colorado-sourced grain bill made up of 70-percent rye and 30-percent malted barley, this is a high-rye whisky with strong notes of black cherry and stone fruit.

Spirit Hound, the nine-year-old distillery based in Lyons, Colo., releases its Rye Whisky annually in February. Find limited quantities of this year’s release in stores in Colorado.