Kentucky Owl St. Patrick’s Day Edition Bourbon Whiskey

Kentucky Owl is releasing a Limited Edition St. Patrick’s Bourbon Whiskey in celebration of the long-standing ties that connect the Irish and Kentucky whiskey making. Known for sourcing scarce and rare aged Kentucky bourbons and blending them to create unique limited-run batches, the Kentucky Owl St. Patrick’s Limited Edition features carefully selected barrels of Kentucky bourbon blended through Irish eyes.

For this special release, Kentucky Owl Master Blender John Rhea partnered with Louise McGuane, Ireland’s first modern whiskey bonder and founder of J.J. Corry Irish Whiskey. Irish whiskey bonding is a way of blending that was commonplace during the 19th and 20th centuries, when most Irish distilleries produced whiskeys for bonders to age, blend and bottle. When the Irish whiskey industry collapsed in the 1930s, bonding faded away until McGuane began resurrecting the tradition again in 2015.

Rhea and McGuane blind-tasted individual cask samples, then again through multiple blending variations. The result features Kentucky straight bourbons aged 4 to 11 years, with some rich caramel notes and vanilla from rare older bourbons; spice and fruit from higher rye bourbons; and sweetness and citrus from wheated bourbons.

The nose features notes of sweet caramel and honey, with just enough spice married in to tease the palate. Once sipped, the Kentucky Owl St. Patrick’s Limited Edition offers long notes of caramel, butterscotch, and frosted cinnamon roll, with hints of chocolate, orange, candy floss, and some citrus peel. There’s bright forest fruit on the mid-palate and a long lingering finish with the vanilla pod and balanced wood influence. All carefully mingled to bring out a robust, well-balanced bourbon experience.

100 Proof – 50% ABV