Baller Single Malt Whiskey
$107.99
No, this is not Japanese Whisky, but then again a lot of "Japanese Whisky" is not actually Japanese...
Distilled and produced by St George Spirits of California, The Baller Single Malt Whiskey is an homage to the Japanese style. The whiskey is finished in casks that previously held Umeshu/Plum Liqueur that was also made at St. George Spirits. Bottled at 47%.
About The Label
"Distiller Lance Winters did the art direction for the label, which re-imagines the legend of St. George as a samurai. The original watercolor on the front label was by Oakland artist Sylvia Solochek Walters, done to emulate woodcut. The calligraphy was done by Eri Takase of Takase Studios."
Barrell Craft Stellum Bourbon
$102.99
Barrell Craft Spirits have decided to create a less limited Rye and Bourbon under the name Stellum. The Bourbon is bottled at a very respectable 57.49% and is a blend of Bourbon casks sourced from distilleries in Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee. The barrels of whiskey used to create the Stellum Bourbon are purported to be between 4 to 16 Years old.
Barrell Craft Spirits is an independent bottler and do not have their own distillery, but they have made quite the name for itself by releasing some great Bourbon, Rye, and American Whiskey over the past few years.
Still Austin Cask Strength Bourbon
$109.99
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.
2Bar Bourbon Wine Finish
$71.99
2Bar's Wine Barrel finished Bourbon is finished in wine casks sourced from wineries local to Washington. It is bottled at 45%.
Nathan Kaiser chose to work with grain in a slightly different manner than the rest of his family when he opened the 2Bar Spirits Distillery in Seattle, Washington in 2012. 2Bar created the first entirely locally-made Bourbon in the city and to this day the distillery focuses on using Washington grain and doing everything in-house - from milling and mashing to distilling, ageing and bottling. The 2Bar name is more than just spirits and whiskey - The 2Bar ranch was founded over a century back in Texas. The name has been in the hands of the Kaiser family of ranchers for five generations now.
Woodford Reserve Wheat Whiskey
$49.99
Wheat is a less common grain to see take centre stage in American Whiskies, though it happily plays an amazing second fiddle in Bourbon such as Maker's Mark, William Larue Weller, Pappy Van Winkle, and more. There are some solid Wheat Whiskeys out there if you look though, such as Bernheim from Heaven Hill and Dry Fly out of Washington State. Joining that duo is this Wheat Whiskey from Woodford Reserve and parent company Brown-Forman.
Made from a mash bill of 52% Wheat, 20% malt, 20% Corn, and 8% Rye. Bottled at 45.2%.
Elijah Craig Rye
$52.99
Made from a Mashbill of 51% Rye, 35% Corn and 14% Malted Barley at Heaven HIll's Bernheim Distillery. The mash bill differs slightly from the excellent Rittenhouse Bonded Rye which is made at the same distillery and also owned by Heaven Hill. Like the Elijah Craig Bourbon, this Rye is bottled at 47% ABV.
Leipers Fork Bonded Tennessee Whiskey
$137.99
What's this? A Tennessee Whiskey that isn't Jack Daniel's, George Dickel, or Uncle Nearest?!?
Leiper's Fork Distillery opened mid-way through 2016 in Williamson County, Tennessee which is about a 40-minute to the drive south and west of Nashville. The distillery produces a few different whiskies including a Straight Rye, A Bourbon, and this Tennessee Whiskey. The Tennesse Whiskey uses the same mash bill as their Bourbon which is 70% Corn, 15% Rye and 15% Malted Barley but goes through the Lincoln County process which means the spirit is filtered through sugar maple charcoal before being filled into charred virgin oak for maturation.
As this Tennessee Whiskey is bonded, it has to follow the following guidelines as set by the 1897 Bottled In Bond Act:
- 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 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.
Jack Daniel's Bonded Triple Mash
$56.99
This intriguing bottle from Jack Daniel's is not a just Tennesse Whiskey - instead the label states it is a Blended Straight Whiskey. It is created using three different bonded whiskies made and matured at Jack Daniel's Distillery: Malt Whiskey, Rye Whiskey, and Tennessee Whiskey all married together and bottled at 50% ABV.
As the label and name of this Jack Daniel's Whiskey show, this is a Bonded Whiskey. That means it has to adhere to the 1897 Bottled In Bond Act, which states:
- 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 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.
Kentucky Owl Wiseman Bourbon
$74.99
Though there are plans to build a proper Kentucky Owl Distillery, but construction is not likely to begin until at least 2024. Kentucky Owl Wiseman is currently contract distilled at Bardstown Bourbon Company. The Wiseman is a blend of the distillery's Rye and Wheat Bourbon mash bills that are at least four years of age. These two Bourbons are then further blended with 5.5 Year Old and 8.5 Year Old Bourbon sourced from undisclosed Kentucky distilleries. The resulting whisky is bottled at 45.4%.