Pecan | Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cinnadust | Pie crust | Burnt caramel | Cedar

Pecan pie | Butterscotch | Cinnamon | Stewed apples

Cinnamon sugared pecan | Cedar | Allspice | Light clove

Batch 2025A “Weekend at Grandma’s” is part of New Holland’s first four bottle release in 2025, and for the first time, each toasted finished bottle is a small batch as opposed to a single barrel. Many love single barrels as they showcase a particular distillery's whiskey in one of its purest forms (the other being barrel proof single barrels). The switch to a small batch product from years of being a single barrel release brings with it some worries that the magic of Dragon’s Milk Origin Toasted Barrel single barrel releases would lessen. But this is one of the rare examples of a small batch product improving upon its single barrel counterpart.

Because of the limited nature of this product line so far, it has been difficult to have tasted every single barrel released, but having tasted all of the official releases, the benefits of being a small batch product are instantly evident. “Weekend at Grandma’s” is much more well-rounded and less sharp, with its flavors much better integrated. One of the ongoing issues I’ve had with the single barrel releases was their punchiness. While their proof has varied, it tended to give the whiskeys a sharpness that didn’t always complement the flavors they delivered. With this small batch release, the issue seems to have resolved itself.

There is something special about this line of products from New Holland that no one else in the industry can offer in the same way. “Weekend at Grandma’s” doesn’t have flavors that are wildly different than other releases that came before it, but its intensity, quality, and co-mingling of flavors results in an amazing whiskey. “Weekend at Grandma’s” in particular is heavy on pecan notes, and that comes in the form of raw pecan pie and cinnamon sugared pecans. Though nut-heavy, the addition of cinnamon, caramel, butterscotch, stewed apples, allspice, clove, and cedar all comes together spectacularly.

“Weekend at Grandma’s” is one of New Holland’s best expressions of their Toasted Barrel line yet, and that wasn’t necessarily a given, changing from a single barrel to a small batch release. A lot can change during this transition. Flavors can be muted, details lost, and a whiskey losing a part of itself in the process. Somehow, New Holland manages to continually improve an already fantastic product, and now that they are finally beginning to sell it online, more people can taste the magic.