Smooth Ambler just launched it Founders’ Cask Strength Series Bourbon, the first line extension introduced since the inaugural Rye recipe release last year.
Smooth Ambler Spirits has grown a cult-like following for its expertise in sourcing and blending, but the Founder’s Cask Strength Series was born from founder John Little’s desire to showcase their own distilling, maturation, and blending expertise as well as highlighting ingredients mostly from the Appalachian region. The result is a bourbon aged 5 years, non-chill filtered and comprised of 71% corn, 21% rye and 8% malted barley.
“What’s great about the Founders’ Cask Strength Series is we finally get to let y’all taste delicious whiskey we’ve been excitedly working on for years in our part of the whiskey world – West Virginia,” says Smooth Ambler Founder John Little. “With this Bourbon recipe, we add a modest amount of Rye to play well with high corn content and let it age in Char #4 casks in the Appalachian climate. It’s a surprising meddling of flavors and geographical superpowers that just work effortlessly. So please enjoy this newly minted convergence of flavors, from our home to yours.”
Founders’ Cask Strength Series Bourbon delivers many of the same distinct features associated with its Rye precursor: cask strength, non-chill filtered and released in limited batches. At this time, only six batches will be produced per year, with less than 900 total cases of product available nationwide.
Smooth Ambler Founders’ Cask Strength Series Bourbon is available at select liquor stores throughout California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas for a total of $54.99 per bottle.
