Spirits Sales Have Fallen This Year as the Industry Faces a New Normaltriple threat: It contract distills for other brands, produces whiskey for its own in-house label, and sources barrels from distilleries around the country for blending. The latest release from the distillery falls into the latter category—the first in the always interesting Collaborative Series is a blend of whiskey finished inWatch: How to Make the Delicious Shrimp Parm at N.Y.C.
There are five components in the final blend of the new Amrut Collaborative Series, all sourced whiskeys with different mashbills: 43 percent nine-year-old Indiana rye finished for 18 months in Amrut barrels; 20 percent eight-year-old Indiana rye finished for 18 months in Amrut barrels; 17 percent 14-year-old Kentucky bourbon; 15 percent 10-year-old Kentucky bourbon; and 5 percent 11-year-old Kentucky bourbon.
Bardstown Bourbon Company Amrut Collaborative Series is just rolling out now, and will be available in limited numbers nationally . You can find other expressions, like the Fusion Series, available to purchase from websites likeFlicker is currently Robb Report's whiskey critic, writing a weekly review of the most newsworthy releases around. He is a freelance writer covering the spirits industry whose work has appeared in…Watch: How to Make the Delicious Shrimp Parm at N.Y.C.