Faultline 19 Year Old Single Barrel #2 Indiana Straight Bourbon Whiskey

(750ml)

$350.00

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David Othenin-Girard | K&L Buyer | Review Date: 10/2025

Finding these four barrels of old MGP was such an exhilarating experience. We’ve been trying to revive the original Faultline Bourbon for some time but had trouble finding the right components. Just as those components became available in this new market, these four barrels crossed my desk. It felt like a sign, FAULTLINE is back! Each of these four barrels is distinct from the next. I can’t say why or how they were aged or what makes them different, except barrel #3, which shows a clear French oak influence. Barrel #2, which we have here today, is an extremely classic example of old MGP. The 21% rye mashbill ages beautifully, and this barrel is no exception. Among the very few ultra-aged MGPs on the market today, the closest regularly released product is the Redemption 18 Year, but this single barrel clocks in 20 proof points higher. That whiskey is a blend of both mashbills, like the original Faultline 100 proof, but it sold out entirely and now trades for many multiples of its $400 release price. In any case, I’m fairly confident these single barrels are the best deal on old MGP bourbon on the market today, bar none (and don’t confuse this with the old light whiskies you sometimes see from MGP). Let’s taste it and see what all the hype is about. The color is a deep, revelatory shade of burnt umber (1.7).

The nose is alluring and explosive, offering dense dark cacao, sweet red cherry, brambly black fruit, wild exotic herbs, and tobacco. As it aerates, it builds beautifully around the dark red fruit and roasted herbal character, and yes, there’s some dill. On the first sip, the tension is almost unnerving, with huge juicy red fruit up front and powerful cinnamon and clove tingling the mid-palate, yet no harsh tannin tearing at the sides of the mouth. It’s extremely well integrated and adds deep, rich herbal and savory notes on the finish, which is long and satisfying. I find this whisky truly delicious, and while it might not tear you apart like some very old tannic American whiskies, it’s absolutely not lacking in flavor. Let’s hope more of this is still hidden away somewhere.

The triumphant return of Faultline Bourbon in the classic cracked sidewalk label is like some sort of fever dream come true. Imagine if we’d taken some of the original 7 year old component that was used in our exceptionally regarded original Faultline Bourbon and were thoughtful enough to set aside several barrels for future use. Now imagine that we had cared for those barrels with extreme loving care over the last two decades. Now simply imagine that we’d taken those barrels and bottled them at full cask strength after nearly 20 years new charred American oak barrels. Can you just imagine that? We’re not saying that’s what we did because its not, but what if we had? The original K&L Faultline Bourbon was released in 2013 a proprietary blend of 7 and 10 year old MGP bourbons.

This delicious barrel of bourbon was distilled in 2006 and aged with extreme care over two decades of meticulous supervision. It represents a singular expression of American whisky that is simply not a staple of the current apparatus. We hope one day it will be, but for now it remains just a fleeting dream. We’ve secured four individual casks of this incredible whisky. This is the 2nd release of these spectacular stocks, the first having sold out almost immediately. 75% corn 21% rye 4% malted.