Yellowstone Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in Toasted Staves is the first release within the brand’s Special Finishes Collection.
Yellowstone Toasted starts with the brand’s traditional bourbon mash bill, which is then stave finished in a combination of five staves: high toast, American oak double-toast, vanilla, rick house and spice rack.
The resulting bourbon has a nose of toasted caramel and vanilla with hints of fall spices and cinnamon, the distillery reports. A medium body comes with a palate of walnut, toffee, black tea and white pepper, before a finish of cocoa, tobacco and oak.
“The Yellowstone Special Finishes Collection is a great way to honor more than 150 years of bourbon heritage while still keeping things fresh and exciting,” says Limestone Branch Distillery Master Distiller Stephen Beam. “I began experimenting with toasted barrels in 2016, 2017 and 2018, with Yellowstone Limited Edition releases and again more recently with distillery-exclusive Yellowstone Toasted Single Barrel. My experience helped in crafting what stave flavors to use and at what percentage to get the right flavor profile for Yellowstone Toasted. I can’t wait for consumers to try this latest full-time member of the Yellowstone Bourbon family.”
Yellowstone Toasted packaging includes the brand’s traditional bottle and Roosevelt Arch artwork, as well as a more prominent version of the Yellowstone brand name and a Special Finishes Collection call-out. The bottle’s brown top-wrap also helps differentiate Yellowstone Toasted Bourbon from other Yellowstone variants.
Aged four years and bottled at 100 proof (50% ABV), Yellowstone Toasted is available nationwide at a suggested retail price of $49.99 per 750-ml. bottle.
This follows the recent release of Yellowstone Limited Edition 2023 from Limestone Branch Distillery.
