The boys of Bourbon Pursuit are back with a new release courtesy of their Pursuit Spirits. The Oak Collection, a curated blend of whiskeys that has been developed to pair with certain styles of secondary oak finishes, launces with Pursuit United Bourbon Finished with Toasted American and French Oak and Pursuit United Rye Finished with Sherry French Revere Oak.
For the initial debut of the Oak Collection’s boubon, a new blend was introduced that marries two types of oak. Pursuit United Bourbon Finished with Toasted American and French Oak uses a proprietary combination of three different straight bourbon whiskeys–Indiana’s MGP, New York’s Finger Lakes Distilling and an undisclosed distillery in Tennessee. After the barrels were blended together, it was split into two different containers where one was finished with Toasted American oak while the other was finished with French oak. After each achieved a desired flavor, the two containers were blended together again for the final product.
Pursuit United Rye Finished with Sherry French Revere Oak uses the same award-winning and proprietary blend as the flagship using three distillates from two different distilleries–Maryland’s Sagamore Spirit and Kentucky’s Bardstown Bourbon Co. The barrels were blended together at final proof before finishing with Sherry French Revere Oak.
The Oak Collection will be an ongoing series that provides exploration of whiskey tastes and constant innovation.
“I guess you’re not a real whiskey company until you have a toasted release,” says Pursuit Spirits Co-Founder Kenny Coleman. “In all seriousness, the Oak Collection creates a better whiskey than traditional rebarreling because it allows us to develop a custom blend to match a particular wood finish.” This line extension marries the concept of Pursuit United by blending different distillates, states, barrel types and aging environments with various oak types to develop unexplored taste profiles.”
“Finding the right blend and wood finish proved to be a challenge because there are many variables at play,” adds Pursuit Spirits Co-Founder and Blender Ryan Cecil. “My goal was to complement the whiskeys being used. I did not want to hide them behind the flavors of the wood.”
Pursuit United Bourbon Finished with Toasted American and French Oak and Pursuit United Rye Finished with Sherry French Revere Oak are both bottled at 108 proof and will be available in very limited quantities in Illinois (Binny’s only), Kentucky, Montana, New Mexico, Tennessee (Knoxville market only), Texas and online at Seelbachs.com for $74.99.
