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RIVALRY BLEND

All bottles filled, labeled and individually numbered by hand.  Limited.

RIVALRY BLEND

Sngle barrel batch of only 242 bottles

A well-integrated combination of creamy malt, savory rye spice and caramel bourbon sweetness creates a delicious and incredibly complex whiskey that rewards a patient tasting. 


Bottled at full proof of 111.9

 

Color: Deep auburn, glimmers of new-penny copper.


Nose: Toasted, buttered, multi-grain bread with apricot jam and hints of lemon zest.

THE WHISKEY

Palate: Assertive flavors excite the palate with a broad array ranging from sweet caramel to spice a rye to deep rich malts. Allspice, subtle fruit, distinctive rye & fresh ground black pepper intermingle with rich bourbon-caramel, complementing a surprisingly creamy mouthfeel. 

Incredibly complex, well-integrated & balanced. Belies its 55.95% ABV! 


Finish: Lingering, evolving & warm, accentuating the toasted grain and stone-fruit from the nose. Caramel takes center stage as the spice gives way.

A MARRIAGE OF ELEVEN BOURBONS, RYES, SINGLE MALTS & AMERICAN WHISKEYS:

FROM EIGHT SELECT ILLINIOS AND WISCONSIN DISTILLERIES:


Barnstormer Distilleryf, Rockford IL

Great Lakes Distillery, Milwaukee WI

J. Henry & Sons, Dane WI

Koval Distillery, Chicago IL

Oppidan Spirits, Wheeling IL

Thornton Distilling, Thornton IL

Whiskey Acres Distilling Co, Dekalb IL

Yahara Bay Distillers, Madison WI

CATOCTIN CREEK RYE

All bottles filled, labeled and individually numbered by hand.  Limited.

CATOCTIN CREEK RYE

250 bottles

Sweet, smooth and, of course, orange for days! 


With more of a feel of a liqueur, you would never know this whiskey was at a cask strength of 59% !


Truly a one of  kind whiskey, fun and interesting to taste neat, this finished rye makes what possibly is the very best Old Fashion EVER! 

AWARD WINNING CATOCTIN CREEK RYE

Normally a two-year old rye aged in the warm and humid climate of Virginia, is traditionally a rich, full-flavored and wonderfully spicey American rye. The creative folks at Catoctin Creek took two hand selected fully mature rye barrels (30 gallons each) and filled a barrel from Copper & Kings that previously aged Orange Curacao Liqueur.  We completed the aging in the orange Curacao barrel at Yahara Bay Distillers, our bottlers and processing partners in Madison.

TASTING EXPERIENCE

The dark reddish amber is a precursor to the deep, rich flavor to come


Palate - honeyed sweetness and an unprecedented amount of fruit very rarely seen in such a spice forward rye. Just a touch of mature oak and earthiness normally only found in much older whiskies.


Incredibly well mellowed by the second maturation imparting a strong orange citrus note that fades to the rye's unmistakable spice then followed by an ever evolving and surpri-singly long finish where honey resurfaces under the citrus.

BALCONES DECONSTRUCTION

All bottles filled, labeled and individually numbered by hand.  Limiited - 100 bottles of each.

AMERICAN OAK

5th Fill Barrel

Softest of the three.  Subtle pears/fruits and candy.   The flavor and body of “Balcones”, gently oaked.  Light caramel on the finish and the wood pleasantly lingers.  Warm but doesn’t feel like 65.7% ABV. 

HUNGARIAN OAK

2nd Fill Barrel

Mild fruits, banana and very “buttery”.  Sweeter with light cotton candy.  Finishes with baked fruits on a toasted crust.  Way smoother than it should be at 64.6%.   

FRENCH OAK

1st Fill Barrel

Incredibly floral and aromatic.  All the spice! Tangy citrus and orange, lots of oak – great combination. Feel the proof at 65.9% more than the others, but oh it’s a good burn.  A few drops of water bring the caramel to the surface.  Wait for it…


TOWN BRANCH AMERICAN SINGLE MALT

All bottles hand-filled and individually numbered.  First time release to the public. Flavor notes available below.

SHERRY CASK

263 BOTTLES

Aged 100% in Oloroso Sherry Cask for 10 years, 4 months.      ABV 60.25%



DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL

SHERRY CASK

2020 San Francisco Spirits Competition  

FLAVOR NOTES - SHERRY CASK

NOSE:   ripe cherries, old oak, chocolate, dark molasses, the more it breathes, the more the chocolate and fruits come out..


PALATE:  baked cherries and plums, molasses and dark cocoa. raisins in the middle palate


FINISH:  mature oak, cocoa, burnt fruits with less sweet. slight pepper. A bit dry, but really lingers. Water brings out a milk chocolate and sweet fruits.  Just does not  feel like 60% ABV

Over 10 years in  bourbon brrel. Finished in a fresh Town Brnch Bourbon  barrel. ABV 54.5%

DOUBLE CASK

93 BOTTLES

Silver Medal  - 2020 San Francisco Spirits  Competition


Over 10 years in a bourbon barrel.

Finished in a fresh Town Branch

Bourbon barrel.

ABV 54.5% 

FLAVOR NOTES - DOUBLE CASK

NOSE:   sweet butter, maple - certainly from the fresh bourbon barrel finish, corn flakes, touch of fresh hay


PALATE:  caramel, raw honey, soft oak, burnt molasses, a light citrus sweetness, Juicy Fruit Gum 


FINISH:  more molasses, very slight pepper on the end of a lingering finish. gentle burn, would never know is 54.5% ABV

Download - FLAVOR NOTES

FLAVOR NOTES_Barrel and Bottle Balcones Deconstruction (pdf)Download
FLAVOR NOTES_Barrel and Bottle Town Branch (pdf)Download

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