Kings of Leon has launched their very own whiskey vary, Kiamichi. The gathering features a five-year-old rye, an eight-year-old rye, and a 19-year-old bourbon.
The whiskey will get its title from the Kiamichi river in southeastern Oklahoma, the place the Followills spent childhoods gathering for prolonged household reunions. The band labored with Willett Distillery on the discharge. The whiskey producers is thought for manufacturers like Previous Bardstown, Rowan’s Creek, and Noah’s Mill.
Kings of Leon launched the whiskey vary at this 12 months’s Bourbon and Past Pageant in Louisville, which the band headlined. The pageant included a weekend crammed with actions and academic occasions, hosted by the highest figures within the trade. The hosts of The Bourbon Expertise on The Staff Kentucky Bourbon Stage included bourbon professional Chris Blandford and way of life guru, Emmy winner, and Kentucky native Trish Suhr. They have been additionally joined by particular friends together with well-known bourbon authority Fred Minnick, Blackened American Whiskey distiller Rob Dietrich, Peggy Noe Stevens of Bourbon Girls, and Wes Henderson, co-founder of Angel’s Envy, amongst others.
Whereas the Kiamichi 5 12 months outdated and eight 12 months outdated whiskies are meant as entrance factors to the gathering, the 19-year-old bourbon carries a particular that means for each side of the collaboration. Drew Kulsveen joined the Willett distillery 19 years in the past, whereas Kings of Leon dropped their debut album, Youth and Younger Manhood.
Availability and pricing for the Kings of Leon Kiamichi whiskey line remains to be unknown in the meanwhile, however to seek out out extra in regards to the new launch, take a look at the model’s official web site.
