BARRELL BOURBON NEW YEAR 2024 Every fall, Barrell Craft Spirits selects the bourbons that may go into this launch supposed to usher in the New 12 months. This 2024 bottling is comprised of the most important number of states and bourbons for a single launch from the model this 12 months. (Kentucky, Wyoming, New York, Tennessee, Indiana, Texas, Ohio, and Maryland.) The ages of the bourbons vary from 5-15 years and it has a derived mash invoice recipe of 72% corn, 22% rye, 5% malted barley and 1% wheat. Bottled at a cask power of 113 proof, it’s obtainable at choose retailers starting November 2023. (SRP $89.99)
BENRIACH MALTING SEASON (THIRD EDITION) Malting Season is one in a limited-edition annual collection from Benriach which celebrates seasonal manufacturing methods achieved on the distillery. Benriach is one just a few distilleries in Scotland to have a malting ground and this bottling honors that custom. Grasp Blender Rachel Barrie chosen concerto barley to make use of right here and the one malt was aged in each virgin and first-fill bourbon barrels. It was then bottled at 48.3% ABV. Obtainable in choose markets for a restricted time as of October 2023. (SRP $165)
BUZZARD’S ROOST CIGAR RYE STRAIGHT RYE (2023 RELEASE) First launched in 2019 as an experimental batch, Cigar Rye is again with a bigger batch for 2023. Like earlier releases, this bottling begins with 4 year-old Indiana rye (95% rye, 5% malted barley). Then the whiskey is completed in new American oak barrels that had been cold-smoked with aged tobacco leaves grown in Kentucky. Bottled at 52.5% ABV, it’s obtainable nationwide as of mid-October 2023. (SRP $75.99)
JACK DANIEL’S BONDED RYE Jack Daniel’s Bonded Rye is the third launch within the model’s Bonded Sequence and the primary bottled in bond rye whiskey launched in its historical past. Like the opposite rye whiskeys in its portfolio, that is made with a mash invoice recipe of 70% rye, 18% corn, and 12% malted barley. It was charcoal mellowed previous to being positioned in new toasted & charred American oak barrels made at their very own cooperage. As is required of bottled in bond spirits, this was made in a single distilling season (the primary batch was distilled in spring 2016) and it was aged for no less than 4 years in a authorities bonded warehouse. It’s bottled at 100 proof (50% ABV). It is a everlasting addition to the model’s portfolio and might be obtainable nationwide as of September 2023 with world growth anticipated to observe. (SRP $31.99/700ml)
MICHTER’S 25 YEAR KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON (2023 RELEASE) Introduced in November 2023, this bottling is the primary 25 year-old Kentucky straight bourbon launch for Michter’s since 2020. Every of the barrels used on this launch had been chosen by Grasp Distiller Dan McKee and Grasp of Maturation Andrea Wilson. Availability for this uncommon launch begins in December 2023. (SRP $1,500)
REMUS 15 YEAR GATSBY RESERVE (2023 EDITION) Gatsby Reserve is a restricted version straight bourbon from Indiana-based Ross & Squibb Distillery celebrating F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Nice Gatsby. That includes a few of the oldest bourbon reserves, this second version launch was aged for 15 years like its predecessor. Right here, two mash invoice recipes had been utilized by Grasp Distiller Ian Stirsman and his group — 75% corn, 21% rye, 4% malted barley and 60% corn, 36% rye, and 4% malted barley. Bottled at a cask power of 98.1 proof, that is obtainable starting October 2023 (SRP $199.99)
TINCUP FOURTEENER QUANDARY PEAK (RELEASE NO. 2) That is the second launch in TINCUP’s Fourteener collection, an annual restricted version collection which highlights Colorado’s 14ers — mountain peaks with an elevation of no less than 14,000 ft. Quandary Peak, probably the most standard 14er hikes in Colorado is illustrated on the bottle and it celebrates the Ten Mile Vary of the Rocky Mountains. The whiskey is a straight bourbon which has been aged for 14 years in new, charred American white oak barrels. It’s lower to proof with Eldorado Springs water. Obtainable on-line through the model’s web site and at choose retailers nationwide starting October 11, 2023. (SRP $70)
WIDOW JANE THE VAULTS 15 YEAR BOURBON (2023 RELEASE) That is the fifth annual launch for The Vaults collection which options Widow Jane’s oldest and rarest whiskey. This 2023 launch marks the primary bourbon launched below the helm of Head Distiller & Blender Sienna Jevremov who was named to the place in fall 2022. It’s made with a mix of straight bourbons from Tennessee and Indiana aged a minimal of 15 years and as outdated as 20 years. Every launch in The Vaults collection have been completed with wooden from varied areas and with completely different lengths of time for its air-seasoning. Right here, Chinquapin oak casks which had been air-seasoned for no less than 48 months had been chosen to complete the maturation. It’s proofed to 49.5% ABV with pure limestone water from the Rosendale Mines of New York 100 miles north of the Pink Hook, Brooklyn distillery. Simply 2,600 instances have been launched nationally with availability starting October 2023. (SRP $249)
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