If there’s any silver lining to the pandemic, it’s got to be the elevated appreciation for the golden brown liquid: bourbon whiskey. Like its counterpart, Scotch whisky, curiosity in bourbon has grown steadily through the years and types are sizing the chance to introduce themselves to the customers. One of many manufacturers which have made its foray into Singapore is Kentucky Owl, an American whiskey model underneath the Stoli Group. Sought out by whiskey connoisseurs worldwide, the ultra-premium bourbon model was rejuvenated in 2014 however its roots might be traced again to 1879.

Initially based by Charles Dedman, Kentucky Owl was identified to be the producer of “the smart man’s bourbon” earlier than the distillery closed in 1916 and his dying in 1918. Through the Twenties, the US underwent a interval often known as Prohibition, the place a nationwide ban on alcoholic drinks was enforced which led to Kentucky Owl dropping all of its remaining shares of bourbon to the federal government because it was sized. The warehouse that held the whiskey, near 250,000 gallons, was mysteriously burned down in 1923 and that spelt the tip of the Kentucky Owl.

In 2014, Charles Dedman’s nice great-grandson Dixon Dedman revived the model and produced its first batch of bourbon known as “Batch 1”, which took him six years to create. The method concerned tasting a number of samples from totally different barrels throughout Kentucky after which mixing them to concoct the specified flavour profile. The ultimate mix is bottled at barrel proof, uncut and unfiltered.

For the launch in Singapore, Kentucky Owl will showcase the Kentucky Owl Bourbon Batch 11 from the model’s annual signature, barrel proof whiskey collection. A single batch is produced annually for the worldwide market and as soon as they’re offered, it’s not obtainable. Thus, every batch is eagerly anticipated by collectors and connoisseurs alike. “Boasting notes of brilliant citrus, velvety darkish chocolate and sticky toffee, Batch 11 affords a welcome mélange of mature oak, allspice, honeyed bread, and deep cinnamon palette with a toasted oak, sultana, peppercorn, and recent thyme lengthy end.”

Alongside the Bourbon Batch 11 are three different expressions launched in Singapore: Kentucky Owl The Wiseman Bourbon, Kentucky Owl The Wiseman Rye and Kentucky Owl St. Patrick’s Restricted Version Bourbon Whiskey. The Wiseman Bourbon is the primary whiskey launched underneath Grasp Distiller John Rhea and consists of a mix of 4-year-old wheat and high-rye bourbons from Kentucky Owl and two Kentucky-sourced bourbons aged 5.5 and eight.5 years outdated. The expression opens up with a caramel flavour adopted by notes of allspice, citrus fruit and a nudge of oak.

For The Wiseman Rye, it’s a straight rye whiskey. Launched in April this 12 months, the whiskey is a part of the Wiseman collection and has been listed amongst Whisky Advocate’s Prime 20 and Bourbon Assessment’s Prime 10 whiskeys of the 12 months. “Offering a wealthy and spicy nostril with hints of recent rye bread and slight hints of candy caramel and cinnamon, this whiskey’s spicy character immediately fills the mouth with wealthy rye flavour with an extended end that begins as recent rye bread, slowly strikes in direction of buttered cinnamon toast and ends with a touch of English walnut.”

Lastly, the St. Patrick’s Restricted Version Bourbon Whiskey is Rhea’s third launch with the Kentucky Owl. He collaborated with Louise McGuane, who’s attributed to reviving the custom of Irish whiskey bonding, to create this particular mix. The whiskey is a celebration of the deep relationship that connects Irish and Kentucky whiskey-making. Creating this beautiful mix contains blind-tasting totally different cask samples after which having them blended to the specified flavour profile. The consequence, “lengthy notes of caramel, butterscotch and frosted cinnamon roll, with hints of chocolate, orange, sweet floss and a few citrus peel”. 

Savour the very best of what Kentucky Owl has to supply now at eating and ingesting institutions throughout Singapore beginning in November 2022.

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