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PRE-ORDER - Barrell Bourbon Cask Finish: Amburana Edition 002

PRE-ORDER - Barrell Bourbon Cask Finish: Amburana Edition 002

$84.99 USD
$84.99 USD
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Back by popular demand!

This is a pre-order listing. Bottles are expected to ship by mid May 2025.

We're excited to offer a second edition of this unique spirit. Our first bottling of Cask Finish Amburana received a score of 94 in Whisky Advocate and was featured in their 5 Amburana Finished Bourbons to Try. Wine Enthusiast rated it 95 points and included it in their Top 100 Spirits of 2024.

You can pre-order your bottle during the month of April. It will not be sold after that time. Your credit card will be charged when you place the pre-order. Bottles will ship in May and you will be notified of the shipment date at that time.

If you order other items at the same time as the pre-order Amburana, all items will be shipped together. If you wish to get the other items sooner you must place two separate orders.

Amburana casks are challenging to work with, as they impart strong cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, and vanilla spice notes. True blending expertise is required to enhance the bourbon with Amburana and maintain balance. The BCS blending team created a bourbon blend of two mash bills with different char levels finished in sustainable Amburana casks. A vatting of individual casks without finishing was layered in to add depth, richness, and complexity, ensuring the bourbon shines through first and foremost.

BLEND COMPONENTS:

  • Indiana: 5, 6, 7 & 10 years old
  • Kentucky: 5 years old

DERIVED MASH BILL:

  • Corn: 75%
  • Rye: 21%
  • Malted Barley: 4%
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Flavor Notes

An intense baking spice character centered around cinnamon fills every nook and cranny of the tasting experience. It’s a veil through which one experiences the aromas of chocolate, walnut, and toasted sourdough. The palate too has a narrative driven by cinnamon and spicy ginger beer with cameos from marmalade, tarragon, and hefeweizen. A healthy splash of water foregrounds passionfruit, goldenrod, and honeycomb.

  • Appearance

    Russet

  • Nose

    Cinnamon, and a lot of it. Along with other baking spices it suffuses nearly every other aroma. Heavily spiced horchata, café de olla, and banana bread all feature

  • Palate

    The texture is rich and buttery. Here, too, those oak-derived spices predominate, with licorice root joining the assemblage. Pumpkin pie is reinforced by masala chai and ginger beer. More traditional bourbon flavors of tarragon, verjus, and lemon meringue pie keep the oak in check.

  • Finish

    An array of citrus peels welcome in cider apple and dirty martini. Sweeter than the palate, notes of hefeweizen and dark cuban rum persist on the tongue thanks to some grippy tannin.

    With a splash of spring water

    The sweet and savory balance begins to teeter. As sweetness gains the upper hand one finds white chocolate, honeycomb and graham cracker. Then it seesaws the other way revealing sugar-snap pea and skillet cornbread. A bit of the underlying whisky surfaces here to show off honeydew melon, passionfruit, and jasmine. The palate paints a botanical portrait with strokes of lilac and chive blossom. It’s anchored in loamy soil with a salty streak along the finish.