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Vanguard Bourbon
A Blend of Straight Bourbon Whiskeys
1,070 Bottles Produced
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For our second Straight Bourbon release, we want to incorporate elements that we admired from modern craft distilleries and farmers. Individuals that lead the way in new distillation, farming, and aging techniques. There is no Kentucky Bourbon in this blend and very, very little rye used in the mashbills. Instead we focused on mashbills that incorporated more Wheat and Malted Barley, giving way to a softer, sweeter bourbon whiskey with more cherry cola, baking spices, with a sweet long finish.
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31% of the blend – barrels from 2017Ragged Branch– Charlottesville, VA Nestled in the picturesque countryside of Virginia, the Ragged Branch Distillery has been making world-class estate grown whiskey since 2010. The wheated bourbon we used for this blend was aged for five years in a 53 gallon char No 3 barrel for the first five years of its life and then racked into a char No 4 barrel from Kelvin Cooperage for its remaining years. The result is a robust wheated bourbon with intense barrel spices and earthy but fruity character. Their mashbill of 68% corn, 16% wheat, and 16% malted barley of grains grown on their estate make this one of our most unique bourbon whiskeys in our warehouse.
- 29% of the blend – barrels from 2018
Journeyman Distillery – Three Oaks, MI Swinging open its doors in 2011, Journeyman has been producing award winning whiskey using organic Michigan grains ever since. Founded by father and son dual Bill and Chuck Welter with the goal of distilling organic grains, one of the few in existence in the US. The 6-year-old bourbon we used in this blend was made from a mashbill of 70% organic corn, 25% organic wheat, and 5% organic rye and aged in Independent Stave Company Char No 3 barrels for the majority of its life in Michigan.
- 25% of the blend – barrels from 2016
Boulder Spirits – Boulder, CO Established near the flatirons of the Rocky Mountains, Boulder Spirits makes some of the highest quality American whiskeys we’ve ever encountered. Given their Scottish heritage, the team at Boulder Spirits, utilizes imported Scottish barley to make their whiskeys. The bourbon we utilized in this blend has a mashbill of 51% corn, 44% Scottish barley, and 5% rye. Aged for almost eight years in Kelvin Cooperage char No 3 barrels, these barrels were incredible to work with and we are so grateful for the opportunity to create blended
- 15% of the blend – barrels from 2017
J. Henry & Sons – Dane, WI Henry Farms is a family owned-and-operated farm where the corn, wheat, barley, and rye are grown for J. Henry & Sons distillery. Growing their own grain since the beginning of the distillery in 2008, J. Henry & Sons bourbon is unique since it is the only distillery using an heirloom red corn in their mash bill. Heirloom red corn, developed at the University of Wisconsin in 1939, is special to the family since Joe’s dad grew it for 30 yrs. The mashbill for the 7 year old bourbon we used in this blend was compromised of 65% red corn, 13% wheat, 13% rye, 9% malted barley aged in Independent Stave Company Char No 3 barrels.