American Whiskey

A single barrel bourbon from Virginia's A Smith Bowman distillery - John J Bowman, named for an early pioneer and Kentucky settler. They redistill spirit from Buffalo Trace's distillery in their large pot still before ageing and bottling, for a clean and richly flavoured whiskey.

Extremely difficult to get hold of - but well worth the effort - Rock Hills Farm is a dazzling example of how real bourbon should be. "The World’s Greatest Bourbon" - Washingtonian Magazine

A smokey whisky with a difference. Firstly it's made in Texas by Balcones and secondly the smoke comes from a secret process involving Texas Scrub Oak. This is not smoky whisky like you've had before - a mix of campfires, fruit and youthful corn.

*This whisky is produced in small batches, which change frequently. We cannot guarantee which batch will be shipped*

Whisky Bible 2013: 94 Points

The 7th release in Jack Daniel's Gold Medal series, commemorating JD's 1981 award from Institut Pour Les Selections De La Qualité in Amsterdam.

Hancock's President's Reserve is a high rye-content premium bourbon from Buffalo Trace distillery. One of the original single barrel bourbons introduced by Elmer T. Lee during his time as distillery manager, Hancock's President's Reserve was recently described by Jim Murray in the Whisky Bible as "...almost erotic in the way the rye and vanilla tease the senses...Impressively balanced all round: bourbon at its most sophisticated...93.5 points".

A unique whisky from rising star of the US distilling movement, Balcones. It's a corn whisky made in Waco, Texas using atole, a roasted blue corn meal packed full of nuttiness that comes through into the whisky.

A rare limited release Woodford of outstanding complexity and mellowness. Bottled from casks chosen as the distillery's finest by the Master Distiller.

A 1991 vintage whiskey from Buffalo Trace bottled as part of their Experimental Collection. A marriage of 8 similar casks left to mature for 19 years and 1 month and bottled at 45% after losing 62% of the casks volume to evaporation.

A limited edition Buffalo Trace bottled from 8 casks filled in May 1993 and then stored next to each other in the warehouse before bottling. It lost almost half its volume over the 17.5 years of its maturation and it looks like an interesting prospect.

The companion to Buffalo Trace's experimental 'Made with Oats' bottling, using a proportion of rice in the mashbill along with the traditional corn and malted barley.

The companion to Buffalo Trace's experimental 'Made with Rice' bottling, using a proportion of oats in the mashbill along with the traditional corn and malted barley.

A very special small batch made up of selected casks distilled using three of Four Roses' ten bourbon 'recipes'. The whiskies used for this limited edition have been aged between ten and 15 years old and bottled at full cask strength.

A set of three half bottles of white dog (unmatured whiskey) show-casing Buffalo Trace's 3 main spirit recipes. Along with the already released Mash #1 there is also Wheated Mash, used to make WL Weller and Pappy Van Winkle, and Rye Mash, used to make Sazerac. An interesting insight into the development of whiskey in the cask and an increasingly popular cocktail ingredient.

A special bottling of Jack Daniel's to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the state of Oregon. This JD has been bottled at the slightly-higher-than-usual strength of 43%.

A bottle of Kentucky Straight Bourbon whiskey bottled by under the Bourbon de Luxe label sometime in the 1970s.

A single malt whisky made in Texas by craft distilling powerhouse Balcones. It appeared in July 2011 and has been picking up awards ever since.

A special bottling of Woodford Reserve to commemorate the 133rd Kentucky Derby, which took place on May 5th 2007.

Another release of Four Roses's Limited Edition Single Barrel from 2011. The recipe used to make this is selected by Master Distiller Jim Rutledge from the 10 recipes that go into their whiskeys.

A single recipe is selected, by Master Distiller Jim Rutledge, from the 10 that are used to make Four Roses whiskeys. This is then bottled at barrel strength and released as Four Roses's Limited Edition Single Barrel.

The 2012 release of Four Roses's excellent Limited Edition single barrel bourbon. This is aged for 12 years and uses their OESK recipe, made at the Lawrenceburg 'O' distillery, using a corn heavy 'E' mashbill and their 'K' yeast to produce a spicy and full bodied 'S'traight whiskey.