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Barrel Strength Peated Bourbon

Barrel Strength Peated Bourbon

Regular price $125.00

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Shipping & Delivery

Alcohol shipping’s a little different. Carriers charge more, and spirits are very regulated, requiring us to use licensed channels for some states that route orders through retailers. Our shipping rate is standard, and while it’s not next-day delivery, your whiskey will get there safely (usually within 10 business days, sometimes earlier). Please note that all alcohol shipments require a signature at delivery from someone 21+. For more information, go here.
This release is limited to 2 bottles per person.
Kings County has become known for barrel-proof spirits, especially bourbon, as high proof tends to show the advantages of an uncompromising, traditional process. One of the more obvious distinctions of Kings County is narrow cuts on traditional pot stills, which gives all our whiskeys more viscosity and heft, which articulates especially nicely at high proof.
Now that barrel strength whiskeys from Kings County have become quite collectible, we're helping articulate our barrel strength line with a new a new silver-type label. The first in this new series is a  never-before released Barrel Strength Peated Bourbon. While a few lightly peated single barrel black labels have seen special releases, this is our first (and maybe not especially frequent) introduction of a barrel strength version of our peated bourbon. It's also the oldest batched release, with a blend of barrels 5-8 years old. 
With stocks aged as much as decade of this mashbill, we have a long view of this recipe's potential. Peated Bourbon presents a dance between oak and smoke throughout its maturation. Over time, the oak has a diminishing effect on the smoke's intensity and heft, morphing the peat presence into a lighter, earthier profile as compared to our existing release at 90-proof, which has more prominent BBQ sweetness. If peated bourbon was once a novelty, this bottle argues for its place in the canon of American whiskey. 

Tasting Notes

Nose: dark caramel, malted milk ball, grilled pineapple, sweet smoke
Palate: candied sweetness, flaky pie crust, roasted walnuts, molasses, oiled leather
Finish: semi-sweet chocolate, black tea leaf, balanced tannins, cedar ember smoke
Barrel Strength Peated Bourbon

Barrel Strength Peated Bourbon

$125.00
Size

Pot Distilled

Traditional Techniques

Kings County embraces a variety of whiskey cultures and blends them into creative, distinctive whiskeys. We distill for quality over yield using true pot stills manufacturer in Scotland (Forsyths) and Kentucky (Vendome).

Mashbill

We source directly from farmers in NY and maltsters in the UK because we believe that good choices start from the very beginning. We source our grains locally in NY when we can because we believe distinctive ingredients make better whiskey. Here's a breakdown of what grains goes into making this product.

75% Corn

We source our corn from Lakeview Organic. The same farmer we've been using since day one. Klass and Mary-Howell Martens have cultivated a generational farm that grows 100% organic, non-GMO corn right here in the state in the Fingerlakes region.

25% Peated Barley

Our peated barley also comes from Thomas Fawcett Maltsters, but the peat is sourced from the Aberdeen region of Scotland. Specifically, we use a lightly peated Chariot malted barley, measuring at 15 ppm.

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