Maker`s Mark 375mL
$24.99
This Bourbon was featured on Day 8 of our 2020 KWM Whisky Calendar.
This is the 375ml bottle of Maker's Mark. 750ml bottles can be found here.
Made from a mash of corn, wheat and malted barley. Aged between 7 to 9 years in heavily charred virgin oak before being bottled at 45%.
Bull Run Straight Rye Whiskey
$91.99
Bottled by Bull Run Distillery of Portland, Oregon, the Carlton Straight Rye was bottled to celebrate the one year anniversary of their tasting room in Carlton, Oregon called the Bull Run Distillery Carlton Post. The distillery source is not specified on the bottle itself, but it is quite possibly MGP of Indian, which is known for its wonderful Rye recipes.
Legent Bourbon
$64.99
Legent (pronounced ‘lee-jent’) is comprised of three lots of Bourbon matured in different manners. A large portion is 5 year old Straight Bourbon. This was blended with Bourbon that was finished California red wine casks for one year and another batch of Bourbon finished in Sherry casks for two years. Legent is bottled at 47% ABV.
This new Bourbon from Beam Suntory was a collaboration between their American and Japanese arms of whisky making. Suntory’s master blender, Shinji Fukuyo, partnered with Jim Beam’s Master Distiller Fred Noe to create Legent, which underwent several years of development before the final product was released. Fred Noe’s part in everything was the distillation itself - as Master Distiller at Jim Beam. Shinji Fukuyo was in charge of the blending.
Kavalan Ex-Bourbon Oak 46%
$169.99
Think of this as a reduced strength version of the Solist Bourbon. One other key difference, this is bottled not as a single cask, but rather in batches. 46%.
Producer Description: “Kavalan ex-Bourbon Oak dilutes Solist ex-Bourbon with Kavalan spring water to 46% strength. It is incredibly smooth with a soft sweetness, losing the harshness and the alcohol edge and lingering over those unique flavours. It is clean and fresh tropical fruitiness with pleasant vanilla, coconut and spices.”
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: Clean with fresh tropical fruitiness and pleasant vanilla, coconut and spices. Imagine being soothed by that comfortable sea breeze with a calming and refreshing effect. This malt can do that for you after a hectic day at the office.
Palate: Soft, well-balanced natural sweetness, vanilla and oak spices, round and complex with silky smoothness.
Redemption Bourbon
$59.99
Sourced from MGP (Midwest Grain Products) of Lawrenceburg, Indiana from a mash bill of 75% Corn, 21% Rye and 4% Malted Barley. According to the company’s own website, the Redemption Bourbon is aged for an average of two and a half years and then bottled at Bardstown, Kentucky at 42% ABV.
Koval Single Barrel Bourbon 47%
$86.99
Koval Bourbon is a craft Bourbon made at their own distillery in Chicago, Illinois. The mashbill that Koval uses is one of the things that sets their Bourbon apart from others. It is a combination of 51% Corn and 49% Millet. Each bottling is from a single barrel and cut to 47% ABV. It is also certified Kosher as well as organic.
From The Producer
"With a mash bill of 51% corn and 49% millet, KOVAL Bourbon offers a drinking experience that is balanced, approachable, and unparalleled. The unusual grain combination provides notes of mango chutney and vanilla on the palate, with a peppery caramel finish."
Old Ezra 7 Year Barrel Strength Bourbon
$89.99
The Ezra Brooks brand is owned by a company called Luxco, which also puts out Rebel Yell Wheated Bourbon. The company does have a distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky called Lux Row Distillery, but it has only been in operation since 2018. That means that Old Ezra 7 year old was sourced from somewhere else originally. It could be from Heaven Hill, it could be Barton. It could be somewhere else in Kentucky. Either way, it is a solid barrel-strength Bourbon. Who knows- maybe in 2026 or so it will be distilled at Lux Row! Bottled at a robust 58.5%.
Breuckelen Bonded Rye
$99.99
One of three bonded whiskey releases from Breuckelen Distilling which resides right in Brooklyn, New York. The Whiskies in the 77 series from the distillery, such as this Bonded Rye, are all distilled using a column still. The Bonded Rye is made from a Mash Bill of 100% Rye and aged for at least four years in virgin oak barrels before being bottled at 50% ABV, or 100 proof.
The term "Bonded" or "Bottled in Bond" means that this whiskey had to adhere to the following standards as originally written into law by the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897:
- All whiskey in the bottle must be produced by one distillery and by one distiller over the course of one distillation season.
- The whiskey must be at least four years old.
- It must be bottled at at least 100 proof / 50% ABV
- The whiskey must be aged in bonded warehouses under United States federal supervision.
- The label on the bottle has to state which distillery it comes from and also where it was bottled.
Breuckelen Distillery was founded in 2010 in Brooklyn, New York. Like many of the newer and smaller craft distilleries, they have a focus on using mostly local ingredients - which in this case means using mostly organic grains grown their home state of New York whenever possible.
Bib & Tucker 6 Year Bourbon
$96.99
This Bib & Tucker 6 Year Bourbon was sourced from an undisclosed Tennessee Distillery (possibly from Dickel maker Cascade Hollow?). It is made from a mash bill comprised of 70% Corn, 26% Rye, and 4% Barley. What makes it a little out of the ordinary is that is aged in Virgin American oak with a relatively light #1 char, which is a lot lighter than the typical #3 or #4 char used for most Bourbon Whiskey. Bottled at 46%.