Gold Bar Lunar New Year Year of the Snake Blended American Whiskey
Gold Bar Lunar New Year Year of the Snake Blended American Whiskey is Gold Bar's limited-edition Lunar New Year release, dressed for the Year of the Snake in a special bottle design by artist Robin Zhao — ancient Chinese architectural motifs, pre-dragon serpent symbols, plum blossoms, peonies and traditional gold coins worked around the brand's signature gold-bar bottle — and presented with a red velvet gift bag. The whiskey inside is Gold Bar's award-winning Original blended American whiskey: a mash of 88% corn, 9% rye and 3% barley, matured, double casked and bottled at the brand's distillery on Treasure Island in San Francisco, and finished in California wine barrels for its rich, smooth profile. Bottled at 80 proof (40% ABV) in a 750mL bottle. Gold is the color of luck and prosperity, which makes this a fitting Lunar New Year gift. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- Proof / ABV: 80 proof (40% ABV)
- Size: 750mL
- Mash Bill: 88% corn, 9% rye, 3% barley
- Finish: California wine barrels — matured, double casked and bottled on Treasure Island, San Francisco
- Edition: Limited-edition Year of the Snake bottle by artist Robin Zhao, with red velvet gift bag
- Origin: San Francisco, California, USA
A Gift Bottle With Real Whiskey Inside
Gold Bar was founded by Montgomery Paulsen, a second-generation Napa Valley winemaker, and the wine-country hand shows in the liquid: the corn-heavy blend is finished in California wine casks, the same approach that earned the Original a Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and Best in Show at the Denver International Spirits Competition. The limited editions are where the brand's gift-first design instincts run loose, and the Snake — a symbol of wisdom and renewal — gets the full treatment here. Browse more gift-ready American whiskey in our American whiskey collection and across the whisky shelves.
Tasting Notes
Honeyed vanilla and toasted oak over caramel and dried fruit, with a whisper of baking spice from the rye in the mash; smooth and rounded on the palate, with butterscotch, ripe orchard fruit and gentle wine-cask fruit, finishing soft with oak and warm spice.
How to Enjoy
Pour it neat, or build the signature Golden Mule: two ounces of Gold Bar, half an ounce of lime juice, topped with ginger beer and garnished with lime or mint. More limited editions live across our spirits range.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is special about the Snake edition?
It is Gold Bar's limited-edition Lunar New Year bottling for the Year of the Snake, with bottle artwork by Robin Zhao blending the gold-bar silhouette with Chinese architectural motifs, serpent symbols, plum blossoms, peonies and gold coins. It comes with a red velvet gift bag.
What whiskey is inside?
Gold Bar's Original blended American whiskey — 88% corn, 9% rye, 3% barley — finished in California wine barrels and bottled at 80 proof.
Where is Gold Bar made?
The whiskeys are matured, double casked and bottled at Gold Bar's distillery on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California.
Give the Snake at Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA — luck, prosperity and a properly finished whiskey in one gold bottle.