Little Rock, AR – (April 4, 2018) –  Rock Town Distillery is pleased to announce it’s Arkansas Bourbon and it’s Four Grain Sour Mash Bourbon have been awarded a 93 and a 91 respectively by the prestigious 2018 Ultimate Spirits Challenge in New York. The full list can be found on the World Gin Award’s website by clicking this link:  Full Results

Rock Town’s ratings can be found here for the Bourbon and Four Grain Sour Mash.

“It’s great to get these marks from a competition at this level” said distillery founder and head distiller Phil Brandon.  “These are two different styles of bourbon and for both to score this high is a testament to our efforts”.  Rock Town’s Arkansas Bourbon is distilled from 82% Arkansas grown corn, 9% Arkansas grown wheat and 9% malted barley.  Rock Town’s Four Grain Sour Mash Bourbon is distilled from a mashbill consisting of 73% Arkansas Corn, 9% Arkansas Rye, 9% Arkansas Wheat and 9% malted barley.  The mash is soured by using part of the previous batches stillage to start the sour mash bourbon cook.  Both bourbon’s were aged in new charred oak barrels.

ABOUT ROCK TOWN DISTILLERY

Rock Town Distillery produces the award winning Arkansas Bourbon, Arkansas Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey, Arkansas Hickory Smoked Whiskey, Arkansas Rye Whiskey, Arkansas Lightning, and Rock Town Vodka which are distributed to 15 states and the United Kingdom, Canada and Taiwan. Winner of the 2015 US Micro Whisky of the Year Award in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible.
Rock Town Distillery, Arkansas’ first legal distillery since prohibition, is located in downtown Little Rock at 1216 E 6th Street, Little Rock, AR 72202 and will be moving soon to 1201 Main Street in Little Rock.  The distillery is open for tours 7 days a week. To find out more please visit www.rocktowndistillery.com
About The Ultimate Spirits Challenge
Ultimate Beverage Challenge is the definitive spirits and wine evaluation company today. Its two world-class competitions: Ultimate Spirits Challenge and Ultimate Wine Challenge provide unparalleled value, providing results that are reliable and easily understandable in today’s marketplace, creating opportunities for the industry, and establishing the platinum standard that defines what beverage evaluation should be.

All products are rated on the 100-point scale by the spirits industry’s foremost experts. This year’s judges included USC Founder/Judging Chairman F. Paul Pacult, Eric Alperin, Jacques Bezuidenhout, Tad Carducci, Tim Cooper, Dale DeGroff, Meaghan Dorman, Tyler Hudgens, Tess Rose Lampert, Justin Lavenue, Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan, Joaquin Simo, Charlotte Voisey, and Jillian Vose..

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Rock Town Distillery

1216 E. Sixth Street

Little Rock, Arkansas 72202