New Riff Distilling has announced the release of its 8-Year-Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, the distillery’s oldest bourbon ever released.
Available beginning March 8 — a nod to the age of the whiskey — this is the newest addition to New Riff’s core product lineup.
This eight-year-old expression of New Riff’s flagship bourbon is bottled without chill filtration at 100 proof, with a mashbill of 65% corn, 30% rye and 5% malted barley.
“As much acclaim as we have received from the bourbon community for our 4-year-old, bottled-in-bond and single barrel offerings, we knew the real excitement would come from genuinely older whiskey,” says co-founder Jay Erisman. “And here it is — the beginning of the future and the next wave of New Riff.”
“Oaky flavors throughout are richer yet, importantly, not at all tannic or drying,” Erisman adds. “Rather, the freshness evident here is exceptional, suggesting a barrel of New Riff bourbon at 8 years old has a long life of aging ahead of it.”
This release blends bourbons from two distilling seasons aged a minimum of 8 years.
New Riff 8-Year-Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey has a suggested retail price of $67.99 per 750-ml. bottle. It is now available for presale ordering at newrriffdistilling.com with pickup at the distillery gift shop beginning Friday, March 8. It will be available for online ordering and shipping beginning March 8 at 11 a.m. ET and across New Riff’s national distribution network in the coming weeks.
This follows the release of New Riff Sour Mash Single Malt.
