New Releases: Milam & Greene, Chattanooga, Excessive West, Barrell Craft Spirits

In new American whiskey and bourbon releases this week, Milam & Inexperienced expands its Wildlife Assortment and Chattanooga bottles in bond. Excessive West unveils Act 12 of A Midwinter Night time’s Dram, and Barrell Craft Spirits launches a brand new sequence. 

Let’s check out a number of the thrilling new releases from the previous week. 

Milam & Inexperienced Barn Owl Single Barrel Bourbon 

Increasing its iconic Wildlife Sequence, Milam & Inexperienced Whiskey has launched the brand new Barn Owl Single Barrel Bourbon. Barn Owl is the fifth launch within the Wildlife Sequence this 12 months. Every launch pays tribute to the wild birds in Texas. 

The Barn Owl Single Barrel Bourbon is now accessible solely by way of the Milam & Greene website and on the distillery tasting room for $149.99. 

Distilled from a mash invoice comprising 84% corn, 8% rye, and eight% malted barley, the whiskey was aged in Tennessee for six years and eight months. It was then transported to Texas, the place it rested for an extra one 12 months and eight months on the best rack within the rickhouse. 

“Barn owls like to roost within the rafters, so for this particular launch, we plucked the barrel from the highest row of our single-story, non-temperature managed rickhouse,” says Heather Greene, Milam & Greene Whiskey CEO. “Usually barrels on the highest row are uncovered to extra warmth, so that they lose extra water to evaporation. That’s the ‘Angle’s Share.’ Water molecules are smaller than alcohol molecules, which makes it simpler for them to flee by the pores of the barrel in scorching and dry circumstances. That will increase the proof and concentrates the flavors within the barrel. This whiskey soars.”

The whiskey was bottled from single cask #508 at 65% ABV on July fifteenth, 2024. Drinkers can count on aromas of candy almond, maple syrup, cedar, barbeque smoke, brûléed turbinado sugar, and cherry Chapstick. It has a viscous mouthfeel layered with an enormous rush of cherry taste, dates, chocolate toffee bar, and rye toast. The end options extra cherry taste in addition to hints of biscuit and caramel.” 

“Barn Owls are nocturnal and practically silent in flight, so catching a glimpse of 1 is actually particular,” stated Milam & Greene’s Head Whiskey Maker, Rikk Munroe. “Very like the wild Barn Owl, this whiskey is kind of uncommon with solely 158 bottles harvested from the barrel at a whopping 130 proof. Whiskey collectors must be fast to catch this Barn Owl Single Barrel Bourbon.”

Chattanooga Bottled In Bond: Fall 2020 Classic 

Chattanooga Whiskey has launched its latest Bottled In Bond expression, which was distilled within the Fall of 2020 at Chattanooga Whiskey’s Riverfront Distillery. The distillery has undertaken an effort to provide a brand new classic BIB expression for every 6-month distilling season. 

The whiskey was distilled from a brand new mash invoice referred to as “SB101”. The five-grain mash invoice comprises two kinds of drum-roasted caramel malted barley. The ensuing flavors of chocolate malt and pecan pie evoke ideas of winter. 

“Like practically each one among our recipes, ‘Single Barrel 101’ started its life as an Experimental Single Barrel,” says Grant McCracken, Founding Distiller. “After its preliminary launch in 2020, we shortly scaled the recipe to our Riverfront Distillery only a month later – it was that good. 4 years later, ‘SB101’ reveals off why we picked it within the first place – completely complementing the opposite mash payments and including a number of layers of caramel richness to the mix.” 

The restricted version whiskey was made in 4 batches of simply 10 barrels every and is now accessible in chosen states for an RRP of $52.99. Restricted portions are additionally accessible by way of Seelbachs.com. 

Excessive West A Midwinter Night time’s Dram Act 12 

Excessive West has unveiled Act 12 of its beloved ‘A Midwinter Night time’s Dram’. A warming dram, the whiskey has turn out to be a fan favourite, significantly within the colder months. A Midwinter Night time’s Dram is accessible for buy on the Excessive West Saloon in addition to by way of the distillery web site for an SRP of $149.99. 

Act 12 was distilled from a mash invoice of 95% rye and 5% malted barley and aged in virgin American white oak. Then, the spirit underwent a ending interval in Ruby and Tawny port casks. The ensuing whiskey is heavy on the fruit and spice. Full tasting notes courtesy of High West: 

“On the Nostril: Brandied cherries, Calimyrna figs, pecan cinnamon rolls, allspice berries, grapefruit zest, French oak shavings, hayride within the fall
Tasting Notes: Poached white peaches, stewed rhubarb, Italian tiramisu, candied ginger, clove, weathered cinnamon bark, fresh-pulled espresso, raspberry tarte on a cedar plank
End: Silky and opulent – sticky toffee pudding served with spiced plum tea”

Barrell Craft Spirits 20-Yr Toasted Single Barrel 

Lastly, Barrell Craft Spirits has unveiled a particularly restricted Toasted Single Barrel Bourbon, aged for 20 years. Simply 180 bottles have been produced, with 30 of those accessible solely on the BCS Mixing Facility positioned at 2100 Watterson Path, Jeffersontown, KY 40299. 

That is the primary in an annual sequence by Barrell Craft Spirits, with an extra eight barrels ready to be bottled. The sequence took place when bourbon knowledgeable, Fred Minnick, sampled the BCS 15 Yr Previous Grey Label Bourbon in 2018. A portion of this mix was put aside into 9 American oak barrels, toasted to the distillery’s precise specs. That is the primary bourbon to be declared able to drink. Control Barrell Craft Spirits for added releases sooner or later. 

You should buy one among simply 180 bottles here for $199.99.