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Jim Beam (has released a single barrel bourbon) [7] Kentucky Bourbon Distillers (an independent bottling company) Michter's (a brand which has single barrel bourbon and rye [8] expressions) Willett Pot Still Reserve (a single barrel bourbon) Willett Family Estate (single barrel bourbon and rye [9]) Knob Creek Distillery (a Beam Inc. distillery)
Bourbon whiskey (/ b ɜːr b ən /) (or simply bourbon) is a barrel-aged American whiskey made primarily from corn (maize). The name derives from the French House of Bourbon, although the precise source of inspiration is uncertain; contenders include Bourbon County, Kentucky, and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, both of which are named after the House of Bourbon. [1]
American corn whiskey does not have to be aged at all – but, if it is aged, it must be aged in used or uncharred oak barrels [5] "at not more than 62.5% alcohol by volume (125 proof)". [6] In practice, if corn whiskey is aged, it is usually aged in used bourbon barrels. Tennessee whiskey aging in charred new oak barrels at the Jack Daniel's ...
Midleton Dair Ghaelach, 57.9% ABV, 15-22 year old pot still whiskey matured in bourbon barrels, and finished for a year in virgin Irish oak barrels (a first for Irish whiskey) [6] [7] Recently, a Midleton single pot still variant was released as an ongoing bottling to celebrate the career of Barry Crockett, the former Master Distiller at Midleton.
5. Elijah Craig Barrel-Proof Bourbon. Price: $75 Region: Kentucky Tasting Notes: Caramel, vanilla, and butterscotch ABV: 63.5% Elijah Craig bottles each batch of barrel-proof whiskey with an uncut ...
Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon is typically aged for 6 to 8 years. It is aged in Warehouse H at Buffalo Trace, which is the only metal-cladded warehouse at Buffalo Trace and was commissioned for construction by one of the distillery's early leaders, Albert B. Blanton, shortly after the end of the Prohibition era. Being metal, the warehouse ...
Lee was born in Peaks Mill, Kentucky in 1919. [1]Lee is known for launching Blanton's in 1984, the first modern bourbon brand marketed as a single barrel bourbon. [2]Eric Gregory, president of the Kentucky Distillers' Association, credited the premium market that Mr. Lee pioneered as a major factor in the bourbon industry's turnaround in the last decade; sales reached 30 million gallons in ...
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