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Limestone Branch releases new Bourbon

Limestone Branch Distillery is readying to release new Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon – a blend of hand-selected wheat and rye whiskies.

The Bourbon was created by Steve Beam, president and distiller of Limestone Branch Distillery

The new release, of which just 6,000 bottles will be produced, is a marriage of a 7-year-old rye, a 7-year-old wheat expression and a 12-year-old rye.

Each individual variant was chosen by Steve Beam, president and distiller of Limestone Branch Distillery, which he opened with his brother Paul in 2011.

The brothers are seventh-generation distillers and have a history of distilling on both sides of their family.

S. Beam said: “I hand-selected the barrels of the 12-year Bourbon to add just the right notes and create a truly distinct, well-rounded flavour profile.

“Given our partnership with Luxco and the access they have to high quality Bourbon, we were able to hand-select honey barrels for this small batch to find the best complimentary flavours to enhance the 7-year Bourbon and create just the right combination so it hits different areas of the palate for a superior experience.”

“Some of the Bourbon was chill-filtered, some of it was not; but what makes this combination unique is that we took the 12-year rye Bourbon out of its barrels, and poured the 7-year Bourbon into the 12-year barrels to enrich it and extract more flavors.

“This process of reusing the barrels allowed the younger Bourbons to pick up the more mature notes, adding a cinnamon and caramel taste as well as some smoky notes.”

The release of the Bourbon commemorated the 105th anniversary of Steve Beam’s great-grandfather, Minor Case Beam, selling his Old Trump Distillery to Joseph Bernard Dant, a pioneer distiller and relative from his mother’s side.

S. Beam added: “It’s been a dream for my brother Paul and I to return the Yellowstone brand back to our family. With this Bourbon, both sides of our family – the Beams and the Dants – and their distilling heritage, come together. It was one of the main reasons we partnered with Luxco, to bring Yellowstone back home and begin distilling and bottling it right here at Limestone Branch.”

Yellowstone Limited Edition will be officially launched during the Kentucky Bourbon Festival which runs from September 15 to September 20.

The Bourbon is bottled at 52.5% abv and has an RRP of US$105.

Limestone Branch Distillery, amongst many others, has benefitted from local tourism – with global interest in American whiskey soaring, Kentucky has seen record-breaking numbers of tourists visit the state’s Bourbon Trails.

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