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Classification: Straight Bourbon Finished in Stout Barrels
Company: Bardstown Bourbon Company
Distillery: Bardstown Bourbon Company and sourced bourbons from an undisclosed distillery(ies) in Kentucky
Release Date: October 2024
Proof: 107
Age: NAS (Blend of 6 to 14 year old bourbons finished in Blackberry Farm Brewery Oxheart Stout Barrels for 17 months per company’s press release)
Mashbill:
-45% | Bardstown Bourbon Company | 6 Year | 75% Corn, 21% Rye, 4% Malted Barley
-25% | Kentucky | 8 Year | 53% Corn, 26% Rye, 21% Malted Barley
-21% | Kentucky | 14 Year | 78% Corn, 10% Rye, 12% Malted Barley
-9% | Kentucky | 14 Year | 75% Corn, 13% Rye, 12% Malted Barley
Color: Bright Bronze
MSRP: $160 / 750mL (2024)
Chocolate powder | Chocolate malted barley | Vanilla powder | Cocoa nibs | Aged oak | Green peppercorn | Hint of ethanol | Heavy stout barrel influence
Chocolate mousse | Chocolate stout | Vanilla bean | Dry oak | Malted barley | Dry oat | Faint marshmallow | Sprinkle of rye spice
Rye spice | Chocolate malt | Oak | Light mocha | Lingering spiced chocolate
Full of rich chocolate flavors, Bardstown Bourbon Company Collaboration Series Blackberry Farm is heavily influenced by its extended finishing time in stout barrels.
Bardstown Bourbon Company’s Collaborative Series brings adjacent brands together, folding them into one another, which typically results in a unique barrel finished whiskey. For their latest collaboration, the company partnered with Blackberry Farm Brewery, which is located in Maryville, Tennessee. The brewery, which is associated with the Blackberry Farm resort, states that their Oxheart Stout is an “Imperial Stout mashup [that] is fermented with Kolsch yeast and an addition of Belgian candi sugar in the whirlpool to lighten the body in the traditional Belgian philosophy.” Bardstown Bourbon company has released other stout finished collaboration series in the past, including Founders Brewing KBS Stout Finish and Goose Island Bourbon County Stout.
Stout barrels can easily lay influence on the whiskey that is finished in them, and this collaboration between Bardstown Bourbon Company and Blackberry Farm is no exception. The sip is heavily influenced by the stout finishing barrels from start to finish, with various chocolate notes meeting your senses throughout. It’s a delight if you like chocolate stout beers as the various chocolate notes play off one another well. What’s interesting is the fact that while the blend ranges from 6-14 year old bourbons, with 30% of the blend being aged 14 years, the final product comes off as neither young nor old, mainly due to the fact of the heavy influence of the finishing barrel. Much like the past stout finished collaborations, this is another nicely executed beer barrel finish from Bardstown Bourbon Company.
This release is composed of 10 barrels and will be available exclusively in Tennessee and Kentucky, as well as Bardstown Bourbon Company’s Distillery in Bardstown and the company’s Louisville Tasting Room.
