SMWS 85.100 THUNDER CHOPS
$172.99
THUNDER CHOPS
This 13 year old Speysider spent 10 years in an ex-bourbon hogshead before transfer to a 1st fill PX ex-bodega barrique for the rest of its maturation, and has an abv of 57.2.
Flavour profile: Deep, rich & dried fruits
Distilled on: 26 April 2011
Outturn: 260 bottles
Woodford Reserve Kentucky Bourbon 750ml
$62.99
The Woodford Reserve was featured on Day 22 of our 2021 KWM Whisky Calendar
Woodford Reserve is made from a combination of the triple distilled Bourbon made at Woodford blended with Shively/Louisville's Brown-Forman Distillery plant which uses a column still. This means there is likely some shared DNA between this and the Old Forester Bourbon - even beyond both whisky brands being owned by the same family company. 45.2%
Basil Hayden Bourbon
$67.99
Basil Hayden Bourbon is made by Jim Beam Distillery. It is created using the high-rye Old Grand Dad mash bill, which purportedly contains about 27% Rye in the mash. Bottled at 40%.
When Basil Hayden Sr. began distilling his smooth bourbon in 1796, the state of Kentucky was only 4 years old and George Washington was president of the United States! Hayden was born and raised in Maryland, where he learned to make whiskey from rye. When he came to Kentucky, Hayden began making whiskey from a base of corn, but added a higher percentage of rye than other distillers, resulting in a smooth, mild bourbon that was distinctly his own.
Michter's American Whiskey
$83.99
"Unlike bourbon or rye, which, by definition, must be aged in new oak barrels, our US 1 Unblended American Whiskey is aged in a way that utilizes bourbon-soaked barrels to achieve a rich and unique flavour profile," according to the team at Michter's. It has notes of "deep butterscotch and vanilla notes, hints of caramel and dried fruit with a ripened fruit finish."
While the Michter’s name has a long and storied history, the Michter’s Distillery of Louisville, KY has only been in operation since 2015. Any whiskey bottled that is older than that was sourced from other distilleries, typically within Kentucky. Luckily, the quality of anything bottled with the Michter’s label on it is typically high, regardless of their original provenance.
Other than their single barrel products, Michter’s typically bottles their whiskey from selected small batches of 20 barrels or less.
Old Grand Dad Bonded Bourbon
$38.99
This is a Bonded Bourbon from Old Grand-Dad/Jim Beam Distillery in Kentucky. It uses the Old Grandad recipe, which is a high-rye mash bill, purportedly amounting to about 27% Rye in the mash.
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 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.
High West Campfire
$98.99
High West has been around for a while in Park City, Utah – since 2007 to be exact. It was the first legal distillery to open in Utah since Prohibition.
High West Campfire is probably their most unique and also their most divisive product. The components of this bottle may give you an idea as to why: Campfire is a blend of Straight Rye Whiskey plus Straight Bourbon Whiskey – but that is not all! It also contains some Blended Malt Scotch – and this Scotch is Peated. Campfire is a wonderful mutant of a whiskey. Bottled at 46% ABV.
The components are all aged in a combination of charred new American Oak (the Bourbon and the Rye) and second use Bourbon Barrels (Likely the Blended Malt Scotch and possibly when the whiskeys are being married together). The compenents specifically are:
- Straight Rye composed of the 95% Rye MGP mashbill, plus High West's own 80%Rye, 20% Malted Rye recipe
- Straight Bourbon composed of 75% Corn, 21% Rye and 4% Malted Barley from MGP
- Blended Malt Scotch Whisky from an undisclosed source
Still Austin Cask Strength Bourbon
$114.99
This whisky was featured on Day 18 of our 2024 KWM Not An Advent Calendar Tastings! You can read more about the whisky here.
The Musician is a Bourbon made by Still Austin Whiskey Co from a mash of 100% Texas-grown grain. The exact mash bill for The Musician Bourbon is 70% White Corn, 25% Rye, and 5% Malted Barley. The whiskey was matured as is typical, using heavily charred virgin oak casks.
This is the cask strength version of the regular Still Austin Texas Bourbon, aged for at least two years. It is bottled at 58% ABV.
Still Austin Distillery resides in Austin, Texas, and was founded in 2015. What sets Still Austin apart from other craft distilleries is its 42-foot tall column still dubbed Nancy, which was crafted by Forsyth's of Scotland.
Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon
$47.99
From the Producer;
FAMILY-OWNED & OPERATED
"All of our Wheated Bourbons are handcrafted and distilled in downtown Louisville at Heaven Hill’s Bernheim Distillery.
From there, the liquid is poured into new-charred American White Oak barrels and taken to our open-air rickhouses in Bardstown, where they will rest for several years until the Bourbon reaches its perfect taste profile.
"A crowd favorite for a reason UNLOCK SMOOTHER SIPS WITH LARCENY SMALL BATCH."
"What's not there, is the key to what is"
48% Abv
High West Straight Whisky Cask Strength
$97.99
This whiskey showcases what High West does better than just about anybody else in the USA: Blending. Even better, it shows off their prowess at Cask Strength. Bottled at 59.9%, this is a blend of Straight Rye and Straight Bourbon Whiskies, likely from High West's own distillery in Park City, Utah as well as sourced from other distilleries which possibly reside in Kentucky and/or Indiana.
Producer Description
“A blend of straight bourbon and straight rye whiskeys ranging in age from 6-10 years, blended and specially selected from the mountains of Utah.”