Bardstown Bourbon "Fusion Series" #3

Bardstown Bourbon "Fusion Series" #3 delivers an interesting youthfulness coupled with age and a smoothness coupled with spice.

Bardstown Bourbon Company is an amazing thing to behold. It is a remarkable facility recently expanded to produce six million proof gallons of Spirit per year — making it one of the largest distilleries in the world. But it is also a gleaming, modern building with sharp edges, having some of the most advanced technology for great Whisky-making.

Founded in 2013 with production hitting full stride in 2015, they started by filling their rickhouses with sourced Spirits to support their construction. With massive amounts of product pre-sold out into the future, they are the central production for dozens of famous brands — including Jefferson’s, High West, James E. Pepper, and many more. But they carve out a selection to release under their own brand as well.

Bardstown Bourbon "Fusion Series" #3 combines 60% Bardstown Bourbon's own Spirits across two different mash bills (one 20% wheat, the other 36% rye) with 40% thirteen year-old Kentucky Bourbon that is 18% rye. The combination gives this dram an interesting youthfulness coupled with age and a smoothness coupled with spice. And it is bottled at an oddly precise 49.45% ABV — but when a Whiskey tastes this good we don’t ask too many questions.

Smartass Corner:
Bardstown Bourbon currently organizes their current releases into three categories. The "Discovery" series features sourced "discovered" Spirit. The "Fusion" series features in-house Spirit "fused" with sourced Spirit. The forthcoming "Origin" series will be all in-house production.