Category Archives: Experimental Series

Tennessee High Malt with dual citizenship. Inspired by Scotland’s delicate and easy-drinking Lowland whiskies, this hybridized High Malt gathers complexity from its European provenance. Made from only 2 grains, the minimalist mash bill highlights a single-source Scottish spring barley malt, famously used in lowland grain whiskey & scotch. Aged for 4 years in charred European …

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High Malt Bourbon, meet Lowland Tequila. This experimental High Malt recipe utilizes rare, 3-year-old Extra Añejo Tequila barrels from the famous El Valle region in Tequila, Mexico. Made with 3 pale malts – barley, wheat, and rye – the grassy, sweet & spicy notes from this High Malt bourbon are a perfect complement to the …

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Our distillers are no strangers to off-beat mash bills or unique finishing barrels, but for Batch 017, they brought these two concepts together. Crafted to highlight the fruit-forward characteristics of an alternative grain mash bill, including wheat, spelt, and oat malts, this innovative experiment is finished in rare Turkish apricot brandy barrels for over 3 …

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HELLO, AMARO!  Inspired by the after-dinner herbal liqueurs of Italy, our Amaro-style bourbon liqueur infuses our signature Tennessee High Malt bourbon recipe with a blend of figs and aromatic botanicals for a classic bitter-sweet flavor profile. Prized for their complexity and sweetness, the Brown Turkey fig variety was locally grown by chef and restauranteurs Erik …

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Batch 014, called Rum Barrel Finished, is a Caribbean riff on our Tennessee High Malt, inspired by the historic, rich, and flavorful world of rum.  Made from a mash of more than 10 different toasted & roasted specialty malts, each barrel in this batch was hand-selected for its confectionary and rich “rum-like” qualities.  After aging in charred & toasted …

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A whiskey-lover’s gin.  Inspired by the malt-forward Genever-style gins of Holland, our Bourbon Barreled Gin borrows techniques from both whiskey and gin-making traditions to create this style-defying spirit. Unlike most traditional gins, which use flavor-neutral spirits as their base, Batch 013 utilizes our malty-rich Tennessee High Malt white whiskey for it’s foundation. To this, we introduce a unique blend of 9 botanicals, …

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