Georgetown, KY-based Blue Run Spirits today announced a collection of 8-Year-Old Single Barrel Kentucky straight bourbon whiskeys.
The collection comes from ten six-year-old barrels that received a final aging of two years in the “sweet spot” of a second rickhouse, the company says.
The bourbon found in Blue Run 8-Year-Old Single Barrel will be familiar to fans, as it was one of the whiskeys featured in the recently released Blue Run Trifecta. These barrels were selected by Blue Run Liquid Advisor Jim Rutledge. The last two years of their aging occurred on Floor 3 of Warehouse G at Bardstown Bourbon Company.
“Floor 3 is what I would call the sweet spot of Bardstown Bourbon Company’s Warehouse G,” says Coors Spirits Co. Head of Whiskey Development and Innovation Shaylyn Gammon (Molson Coors acquired Blue Run this summer). “This is where all of the flavors, including wood, spice and floral top notes, develop evenly, creating a truly balanced and refined whiskey. Two years in this prime location really rounded out these already exceptional barrels that Jim Rutledge selected.”
Blue Run 8-Year-Old Single Barrel Bourbon has a mash bill of 75% yellow corn, 21% rye and 4% malted barley. It is aged in barrels with a #3 char level and arrives at barrel strength in ten separate bottlings ranging from 116 to 124.4 proof.
Blue Run 8-Year-Old Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is available for a suggested retail price of $249.99 per 750-ml. bottle. It’s now available a spirits retailers and at bluerunspirits.com/shop starting today, Friday, October 6 at 3 p.m. Eastern.
For this release, Blue Run’s signature butterfly medallion is barrel oak inlayed in a gold-hued placard. The bottle also stands out with its weighted gold decanter top and black and gold bottle certification strip.
This follows the recent release of Blue Run Reflection II Bourbon.
