The New York based Kings County Distillery has announced
the launch of a new flagship blended bourbon whiskey.
Kings County Blended Bourbon (43% ABV) has been produced
using a combination of straight whiskeys, which were matured in oak barrels for
two years.
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By law, blended bourbon must use 51% straight bourbon, but the open-ended definition has allowed the Kings County's blending team to use the full breadth of their mature inventory to craft a complex and purposeful flavour profile.
Located in the 123 Year Old Paymaster Building in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, Kings County Distillery is New York City's oldest and
largest whiskey distillery. Founded in 2010, it currently produces a whole
range of bourbons, ryes, single malts and unaged whiskeys.
Commenting on the launch, Colin Spoelman, Co-Founder and
Distiller of Kings County Distillery, said: "As we have done with
moonshine and bottled-in-bond, making a blended bourbon is a way of asking
whiskey drinkers to reconsider an overlooked category of spirit. Blended
whiskey is most often associated with crowd-pleasing scotch or Canadian
whiskies. We used the all-but-forgotten category of blended bourbon to create
the American analogue to these reliable and endlessly versatile spirits.
Composed entirely of in-house, pot-distilled straight bourbon, straight corn
whiskey, straight rye whiskey, and malt whiskey, our Blended Bourbon makes for
a sippable, lower proof bourbon, suitable for nearly any application calling
for an approachable American whiskey. In the interest of providing the drinker
with the highest level of transparency and elevating a category historically
associated with intentionally vague labelling practices, we list the exact
blend composition on every bottle."
Kings County Blended Bourbon, will be available later this
month in the US, from select specialist retailers, for a RRP of $54.99.
Posted by Steve Rush