Traverse City Whiskey Co. recently unveiled its “The Finishing Series,” a set of three types of whiskey finished for up to 12 months in unique wine cases.
The first is a Port Barrel Finish, a bourbon featuring the distillery’s classic straight bourbon mashbill (75% corn, 21% rye, 4% malted barley) aged for five years and rested for nearly 12 months in a 300L Ruby Port wine barrels, resulting in a 100 proof whiskey. Next is a Cab Franc Barrel Finish, TCWC’s 100% straight rye whiskey aged for five years and rested for nearly 12 months in Cabernet Franc barrels from an artisan northern Michigan winery resulting in a 97.5 proof expression. Finally, a Sherry Barrel Finish is a high-rye bourbon whiskey featuring a mashbill of 60% corn, 36% rye and 4% malted barley, which was aged for five years in new American Oak barrels and then rested in Pedro Ximenez sherry wine barrels for nearly 12 months. The result is a 95 proof expression.
“Starting with three of our award-winning whiskeys, we further aged them using various wine casks, and captured fond memories of folks’ time here in Traverse City in a bottle,” said Chris Fredrickson, Co-Founder and President, Traverse City Whiskey Co. “Here in Northern Michigan, we don’t just distill whiskey; we distill the spirit of Traverse City itself.”
Traverse City Whiskey Co. draws upon its early family roots in the distilled spirits industry dating back to the late 1800’s, sourcing all their grains from the Midwest. The distilling team, led by Fredrickson, strives to make products, inspired by patented distilling techniques invented by Fredrickson’s great grandfather that were approved by the US PTO during the prohibition era.
Traverse City Whiskey Co.’s The Finishing Series is available in the complete set of three or individual bottles at the company’s two tasting rooms and here for $59.99 each.
