Whiskey Season Celebration

It’s a Whiskey Season Celebration.

By popular demand, it’s a Bourbon center gala. W.L. Weller is a must sought after wheated Bourbon as its Mashbill substitutes wheat instead of the standard rye grain component. Boone County 1833 is a fine 10-year Bourbon bottled at almost 91-proof. In Chattanooga, we discovered its top-selling J.W. Kelly Melrose Rye. Our bottle was finished in a former Amarone red wine cask of Spanish red oak. Old Bardstown is a sourced-Bourbon bottled by Willett Distillery. Rumor has it as having been made by Heaven Hill. Who cares? It’s a delicious 101-proofer at only $40 a bottle! Our Knob Creek is a single barrel, barrel proof Bourbon selected/bottled for Vintage Bottle Shop in Acworth. Now the big find: Stagg Junior which is among the harder to find Buffalo Trace Bourbons.

My thanks to Harry at The Juice Box, Northside Drive, Sandy Springs. I hope that you can join us and do bring a friend because “good whisky is made great when shared among friends.”

WHISKY MENU:

1. W.L. WELLER KY Straight Bourbon / ‘Special Reserve’ / NAS / 45%
ABV (90-Proof) / OB: Buffalo Trace Dist / Dist Owner: Sazerac Co.,
Inc. / USA (Frankfort, KY)

2. BOONE COUNTY Straight Bourbon / 10-Year / ‘1833’ / 45.4% ABV
(90.8-Proof) / IB: MGP (Lawrenceburg, IN) / Brand Owner: Boone
County Distilling Co. / Dist Owner: MGPI / USA (Bottled in
Independence, KY)

3. J.W. KELLY / ‘Melrose Rye – Amarone Cask’ / NAS / 46% ABV (92-
Proof) / IB: Unk Dist / Dist Owner: Unk / Brand Owner: J.W. Kelly
& Co. (Quest Brands/Keeper’s Quest) / USA (TN)

4. OLD BARDSTOWN KY Straight Bourbon / ‘Estate Bottled – Old
Time Sour Mash’ / NAS / 50.5% ABV (101-Proof) / IB / Dist Owner:
Unk (Heaven Hill?) / Brand Owner: Willett Dist (Kulsveen family) /
USA (Bardstown, KY)

5. KNOB CREEK KY Straight Bourbon / ‘2014 Private Barrel Selection’
(Vintage Bottle Shop, Acworth, GA) / 9-Year / 60% ABV (120-
Proof) / OB: Jim Beam Dist (Single Barrel Reserve Collection) / Dist
Owner: Beam Suntory Inc. (Suntory Holdings Ltd.) / USA
(Clermont, KY)

6. STAGG JR. KY Straight Bourbon / NAS (8-9 yr) / Barrel-Proof 64.2%
ABV (128.4-Proof) / NCF / OB: Buffalo Trace Dist / Dist Owner:
Sazerac Co., Inc. / USA (Frankfort, KY)