Patrón Tequila releases Patrón El Alto, crafted with Extra Añejo and blended with Añejo and Reposado tequilas. It is made from Weber Blue Agave grown in the highest parts of Jalisco, Mexico, with 11 types of barrels, mostly hybrid barrels of American oak body and French oak heads.
New Jefferson’s Bourbon distillery will be built as a state-of-the-art, carbon neutral distillery, with related aging warehouses in Marion County. Pernod Ricard will invest approximately $250 million over five years to build both the distillery and a world-class visitor center facility that will welcome whiskey aficionados on the historic South Trail of Kentucky Bourbon.
A whiskey Gift Idea that we suggest Flaviar’s 2022 Whiskey Advent Calendar for the Bourbon lovers you are shopping for. This is a carefully-curated chest of 24 world whiskies that is available online and in retail shops.
Hard Truth Distilling Co Mater Distiller Bryan Bryan Smith joins Bourbon experts to do a live tasting of the Origin Series – three, limited-supply, single barrel whiskeys crafted in Kentucky. Ttheir distillery is based in Nashville, Indiana, but this very limited collection happened during Hard Truth’s early exploration into what is now their distinguished whiskey portfolio, including the award-winning Hard Truth Sweet Mash Rye Whiskey.
Kings County Distillery of Brooklyn, New York releases their 2022 allocation of Empire Rye including two expressions of the rye whiskey. Both their perennial 102 proof, 80% rye 20% malt, along with a rare barrel strength rye 6-year-old-whiskey are available at the Brooklyn distillery in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Blue Run Spirits makes their second release Blue Run Emerald Rye Whiskey. This is the Blue Run Rye Whiskey to be contract distilled by Blue Run Liquid Advisor Jim Rutledge at Castle & Key Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky, and the first Blue Run Rye to be bottled at barrel proof.
Brothers Osborne partners with WhistlePig Rye Whiskey of Vermont for a new whiskey collaboration and the 2022 release of their PiggyBack Legends Series. John and TJ Osborne selected this limited edition single barrel. Proceeds from the sales of each bottle benefit Rogers Behavioral Health and its foundation, Mission Possible Fund, raising funds to provide free mental health treatment to low-income patients.
Kentucky Peerless launches their Small Batch Double Oak Rye Whiskey. The release will take place at the Peerless Louisville distillery on Friday, November 25 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m ET Peerless originally released their Double Oak Bourbon in 2021. This release marks their first-ever Small Batch Double Oak Rye Whiskey.
Buffalo Trace Distillery of Frankfort, Kentucky releases its full lineup of the 2022 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (BTAC) this fall, including perennial favorite George T. Stagg that returns. Also for 2022 William Larue Weller Bourbon, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye Whiskey, Sazerac Rye 18-Year-Old Whiskey, and Eagle Rare 17-Year-Old Bourbon. Last year, Buffalo Trace opted not to release its uncut, unfiltered 15-year-old George T. Stagg Bourbon because it did not meet the Distillery’s standards for the Stagg brand.
Kentucky Peerless of Louisville, Kentucky tells BourbonBlog.com the third annual release of its Absinthe Barrel Finished Rye Whiskey. The release will take place at the Peerless Distilling Co. in Louisville, Kentucky. The finish pays homage to the Sazerac cocktail.
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