Other American

Our Fusion series concludes with an exquisite blend of nuanced Kentucky bourbons. Throughout the series, we’ve showcased the best of our estate-distilled bourbon with carefully curated aged whiskey. Enjoy this special sign off with our favorite creation to date.

The bouquet shows green apples, a touch of vanilla, spices, and a sliver of oak, with hints of black liquorice. The palate is very smooth then vanilla comes in, walnuts, a hint of green apples, spice and then bitter oak and some caramel. A short finish with little heat, oak and then mild vanilla lingers.

American Prairie is a blend of three different sourced whiskeys. The first is a 2 year old straight bourbon from Indiana (MGP). The second two are 6 and 13 year old straight Kentucky Bourbons from Four Roses, if sources are correct. Additionally, the Four Roses recipe is the “B” recipe with a higher rye percentage (60% Corn, 35% rye, 5% malted Barley.)

What is Peated Bourbon? It’s whiskey that conforms to the American requirements for bourbon but is made with malted barley that has been exposed to peat smoke, a practice common in scotch whiskies — in fact, the malt we use in our Peated Bourbon was even grown and kilned in Scotland. So it’s a hybrid whiskey of the two traditions: the high-corn mashbill and new-barrel aging produce a spirit that is unmistakably bourbon

Leiper`s Fork Bourbon Whiskey Bottled in Bond is a 4-year-old bourbon produced by Leiper`s Fork Distillery in Franklin, Tennessee. The whiskey is aged in new, charred American oak barrels, and meets the requirements of the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897.

MB Roland Kentucky Straight Corn Whiskey is made from a mash bill of 95% locally-sourced white corn and 5% malted barley. It is aged for a minimum of two years in used bourbon barrels.

This is a really lovely, very fruity whiskey. Not too sweet and lightly wooded, the graininess of the spirit is all but gone — a touch of corn on the mid-palate and a bit of popcorn on the finish are all that remind you that you’re drinking a whiskey instead of chowing down on dessert.

‘Never Say Die’ is a small-batch bourbon whiskey, distilled in Kentucky from a mashbill of 75% corn, 21% rye and 4% malted barley. Aged, in part, on its journey from the US to the UK, this bourbon was actually bottled and released in England.

One of the most lush and rich Whiskeys on the market. The bouquet shows walnuts, prunes, and floral notes. The palate mimics the bouquet with walnuts, prunes, spices, intertwined with lavender and balanced with the perfect amount of acidity, that leads you down a path of lingering burnt caramel notes on the finish.

Right out of the glass you get notes of rye bread, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, and candied apricots. The palate is rich and creamy with a thick body and notes of vanilla custard followed by bright citrus zest, white pepper, caramel, and toasted oak. The finish is filled with warmth and baking spices.

Tincup is one of the gentlest I’ve ever had, which is the antithesis of how we usually consider high-rye spirits. The nose offers vanilla and butterscotch, and as it opens up in the glass, dusty wood notes develop. This all leads into a quiet and surprisingly understated body: apple cinnamon, vanilla caramels and ice cream, and chocolate covered raisins. Curious strawberry notes, something you don’t typically find in bourbon, come along on the finish, which is otherwise silky, moderately sweet (solid caramel notes returning here), and hard not to like.

Westland Sherry Wood uses six different styles of malted barley, four different casks (Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez barrels, used Bourbon barrels, and new, heavily-charred American oak) in addition to Belgian Brewer’s Yeast. It is matured a minimum of twenty-six months.

This perfect mix of southern charm and rustic cowboy style has plenty of heart. Fuller in flavor than typical Canadian blends due to a higher bourbon content, it’s smooth and slightly sweet. A worthy addition to any top shelf, in Texas or around the world.