BRUSH CREEK DISTILLERY EXPANDS FIRST LINE OF SPIRITS INTO TEXAS AND COLORADO

Four Ultra-Premium Products Introduce True Spirit of the American West to First Markets Outside of Wyoming

(Saratoga, Wyo.) – August X, 2021 – Brush Creek Distillery, a small-batch distiller set in the one-of-a-kind epicurean center of world-renowned Brush Creek Ranch, announced today the launch of its first line of Brush Creek spirits into Texas and Colorado – the first markets outside of the Distillery’s home state of Wyoming. The spirits are distilled and crafted on-site at The Farm at Brush Creek, embracing Wyoming’s local and natural resources and using the finest ingredients. The first batches of Brush Creek Straight Bourbon, Brush Creek Straight Rye can now be found in liquor stores, restaurants and bars across Texas and Colorado.

“The heart of our vision has always been to share the inspiration and pioneering spirit of the West with others,” said Andrew Wason, Managing Director of Brush Creek Distillery. “Due to the small-batch nature of our system, these spirits are very unique and exclusive, and we are elated to launch them in the first two markets outside of Wyoming.”

Wason helped launch Brush Creek Distillery in 2019, fulfilling a long-held vision to produce spirits at Brush Creek Ranch. Earlier this year, the Distillery appointed Philip Mundt as Head Distiller and Production Manager. A native of Colorado and previous Production Manager at Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey, Mundt brings more than a decade of industry experience to Wyoming where he oversees all operations at the Distillery. Wason, meanwhile, will spearhead traditional product expansion in Indiana and Kentucky later this year with additional e-commerce market expansions in California, Florida, New York and Illinois.

The team at Brush Creek Distillery looks to their environment and the Western landscape for inspiration and collaborates with The Farm at Brush Creek to foster sustainability, promote innovation and produce spirits using mountain water and sustainable practices. Spent grains from the production of bourbon and rye are shared with local ranchers and Brush Creek Ranch where Executive Pastry and Bakery Chef, Keisha Sanderson, uses the grains in the creation of “Spent Grain Bread.” Empty barrel char is used in the cheese and ice cream making process at Medicine Bow Creamery.

The four ultra-premium products now available in Texas and Colorado include:

• Brush Creek Straight Bourbon: A unique four-grain blend, showcasing the beauty of multiple straight bourbon whiskeys from storied programs born in Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee, matured at high elevations under Wyoming’s bluebird skies. The product and its unique mash bill are the result of over two decades of industry experience, strong friendships, a passion for excellence and the pursuit to celebrate the American West.

• • Tasting Notes: Bold aromas of malt and dried cherries mingle with hints of new leather and thyme. A well-balanced combination of vanilla, fresh caramel, bakery spices and toasted oak delight on the palate. A long, rich finish with hints of cinnamon will call you back again and again.
  • Retail Price: $59.99

• Brush Creek Straight Rye: Inspired by the colorful and bold moments of life and richly populated with flavor, this straight rye whiskey born in Indiana and matured in Wyoming has a spicy aroma of fruit and floral that is followed by butterscotch and vanilla flavor. It’s delivered in a smooth, creamy body that’s immensely tasteful, providing for a unique whiskey experience.

• • Tasting Notes: Rich and robust, our rye exudes spice on the nose, caramel, candied fruit and light citrus round out the palate. Refined flavors of hickory and roasted pecans compliment the spice that lingers on the finish.
  • Retail Price: $49.99

“Our products promote innovation and collaboration combined with the pioneering spirit that Brush Creek is known for,” said Wason.

Brush Creek Distillery’s very own Wyoming-distilled and aged Straight Bourbon, Straight Rye and American Single Malt Whiskey will continue to mature and age in the years ahead, preparing for future release. The Distillery also plans to collaborate with other storied wine and spirits programs to produce a series of innovative spirit releases in the months and years ahead.

Brush Creek Distillery products can now be found in liquor stores, restaurants and hotels across Texas including The Austin Shaker, Twin Liquors, Spec’s Liquors, Acre 41,  Otopia Rooftop, Upstairs at Caroline and Stella San Jac in Austin; Alamo City Liquor, Otro Bar and Domingo Restaurant in San Antonio; Liquor Source, Liquor Hub, Longhorn Liquor and Lys Liquor in Houston; Greenville Stop and Longhorn Liquor in Dallas; Liquid Town and Rockets Whiskey Bar & Saloon in Corpus Christi; and Spanky’s Liquors in Aransas Pass.

Traveling a shorter distance to Wyoming’s neighboring state, Brush Creek spirits can be found in Colorado bars, restaurants and retail stores including 54thirty Rooftop, Elevated Rooftop Bar at Halcyon Hotel and Highlands Wine & Liquor in Denver; Whiskey Star Smokehouse in Breckenridge; Greeley Chophouse in Greeley; St. Julien Hotel in Boulder; Boone’s Wine & Spirits in Eagle, Evergreen Discount Liquors in Evergreen; Sheridan Fine Wine & Spirits in Lakewood; Sopris Liquor & Wine in Carbondale; Chambers Liquors in Aurora; Total Beverage in Westminster; and Saddle Up Liquors in Fort Collins.

About Brush Creek Distillery

Brush Creek Distillery is a small-batch distiller uniquely set on a working cattle ranch in the one-of-a-kind epicurean center of world-renowned Brush Creek Ranch. Brush Creek Distillery’s on-site distilling and blending processes allow for singular small batch crafting of a variety of spirits including Brush Creek Straight Bourbon, Brush Creek Straight Rye, Brush Creek Vodka and Brush Creek Gin. Each batch is crafted in Wyoming using the finest ingredients local products whenever possible. More information can be found online, by calling 307-327-5284 or on Instagram and Facebook.

LAPHROAIG – CASK STRENGTH

 25 YEAR OLD – 2021 RELEASE

  70cl | 51.9% ABV 

Laphroaig 25 Year Old is a rare and desired annual release, from one of Scotland’s most iconic distilleries. With spirits aged in ex-bourbon casks, carefully matured for 25 years, this non-chill filtered malt is a subtle and elegant Whisky featuring notes of sweet vanilla, oak and signature Islay peat smoke. The exceptional character of this expression, intertwined with Laphroaig’s signature flavours, makes it truly one to savour.

NOSE

Sweet and floral with honey and pear drop. Bubble-gum and strong thyme fragrance linger on the nose. Pot-pourri and geranium with light carnation and white pepper, fresh peat, Islay seaweed with a hint of lemon complete this complex aroma.

PALATE

Sweet, herbal and medicinal with notes of heather honey and light wood smoke, lime, salt, iodine and black pepper marinade, spices. Also carnation, clementine zest and medicinal notes.

FINISH

The finish is dry with notes of spring flowers and a hint of sea salt.

SERVING SUGGESTION

Neat, or with a few drops of water and at least 45 minutes of your time in a comfy chair to be able to savor the last 25 years this liquid has been maturing patiently for.

Laphroaig’s whisky making tradition has been passed down by distillery managers since the first drop rolled off the still in 1815. Ian Hunter, Bessie Williamson, John MacDougal, Denise Nicole, Iain Henderson and the incumbent John Campbell were all protective custodians of the art of Laphroaig.

Each brought their own influence, of course, but all respected the unique elements that make Laphroaig the whisky it is. The Kilbrid Stream, hand-cut peat, floor malted barley, cold-smoking kilns, mash tuns, copper alchemy and the subtlety of oak aging. Each and every stage crucial in producing the most richly flavored of all Scotch Whiskies.

£449.95

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LAST CALL FOR OUR AUGUST VIRTUAL TASTING

Calling all whisky and food enthusiasts – this is your last chance to get your August Discovery Pack in time for the Virtual Tasting next Thursday, 26th. We’re also delighted to announce a very special guest, Senior Brand Ambassador for Highland Park Whisky, Martin Markvardsen, who will be joining us for this month’s session. It’s one you won’t want to miss! See you online at 8pm. For August’s Virtual Tasting, we will have a treat for your tastebuds as we focus on some extra special food and whisky pairings. Our host Richard Goslan and Global Brand Ambassador John McCheyne will also be joined by Senior Brand Ambassador for Highland Park Whisky, Martin Markvardsen.

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7.256 Fruity Wax
91.28 Digestible aestival festival
CW1.2 The Gum-Gatherer’s log cabin

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We are very pleased to announce our latest exclusive whisky – a single cask bottling from Tel Aviv distiller Milk & Honey. It was distilled in 2017 and bottled this year after being matured in a refill American-oak bourbon barrel that used to hold smoky spirit from the south coast of Islay. The result is a whisky that brings together the pioneering Israeli distiller’s fruity spirit with a gently maritime smokiness from the cask to create a well-balanced and multi-layered dram with stacks of fruit, spice and soft peat smoke.

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Mortlach 12YO

Dubbed ‘The Wee Witchie’, the 12-year-old is an ode to one of the array of six uniquely and oddly shaped stills at Mortlach where the spirit is distilled 2.81 times in a complicated process referred to as ‘The Way’. But we don’t need to go into any confusing details like that to simply enjoy this meaty, full-bodied malt.

This 12-year-old Speyside single malt comes from the new Mortlach range, launched in 2018. Known as ‘the Beast of Dufftown’, Mortlach is distilled 2.81 times in a complicated process referred to simply as ‘The Way’. This single malt, dubbed ‘The Wee Witchie’, is matured in American and European oak ex-bourbon and sherry casks before being bottled at 43.4% abv.

Meaty and sulphurous, this expression showcases the raw character of the distillery.

Mortlach 12YO £44.94 →

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Buffalo Trace Distillery Makes Headway on $1.2 Billion Expansion 

Expansion Critical to Increase Bourbon Supply For the Future

FRANKFORT, Franklin County, Ky (Aug. 10, 2021) Buffalo Trace Distillery continues to make great strides with its $1.2 billion expansion, including more barrel warehouses, construction of an additional still, additional fermenters, expanding the dry house operation, and much more over the past year.

While the Distillery continues with its $1.2 billion expansion, unfortunately it will still be a few years before bourbon supply catches up with demand.  Buffalo Trace recognizes this is not the news its fans want to hear for the next few years but making great whiskey does take time and the Distillery is not prepared to cut quality corners to increase short term supply.  In the meantime, it is committed to supplying every drop of high-quality whiskey at fair prices until it can supply more.

“The bourbon category continues to grow at a rapid rate, and while we have been increasing production across our portfolio for the last several years, we are still catching up to consumer demand,” said Sara Saunders, vice president of marketing, Buffalo Trace Distillery.  “While we are producing and shipping a record amount of product, we understand the frustration from fans that our brands aren’t easy to find or readily available. We take pride in the quality of our product above all else, and we believe that there is no substitute for aging. Unfortunately, this lengthens the lead time of getting product into consumers’ hands.”

In the past year, this National Historic Landmark made headway on a number of projects, including a second still house, located adjacent to Buffalo Trace’s existing 1930’s still house. The addition of a second still house will double the production capacity for the Distillery, with a duplicate still standing 40 feet tall and having the capacity of 60,000 gallons.

Eight additional fermenters were added and went online in January 2021, joining the four new fermenters added in December of 2019 and bringing Buffalo Trace’s total fermenter count to 24.  The new fermenters are 93,000 gallons each, slightly larger than the twelve older fermenters Buffalo Trace still uses, which have been in place since 1933.

One of the more interesting construction projects started in the past year involves repurposing the oldest aging barrel warehouse on property, Warehouse B, to a new dry house.  Warehouse B was built in 1884 but has sat empty for two decades after it was determined that it was not ideal for aging the quality whiskey Buffalo Trace requires with today’s rigorous standards.  An all-brick warehouse, its location at the back of the distillery near the cookers and fermenters made it an ideal location for drying spent mash to sell to farmers for livestock feed and it allows the Distillery to repurpose the building while maintaining its historic integrity. Buffalo Trace’s existing dry house will continue to operate once the new dry house is complete, but the additional dry house is necessary for the increased production.  The Distillery’s dry house operations ensure that none of the Distillery’s byproduct goes to waste.

A new cooling system is also underway, which includes mash coolers, chillers and cooling towers, all necessary to cool the mash down after cooking so it can be transferred to fermenters as needed.

The Distillery has broken ground on a $40.0 million wastewater treatment facility, allowing it to be self-sufficient in its treatment of wastewater.  Comprised of a moving bed biofilm reactor, the new treatment facility will allow wastewater to be treated efficiently and maintain water quality standards. Wastewater will be treated and disinfected clean enough to release into the Penitentiary Branch, which leads to the Kentucky River —ensuring both remain high-quality waters.

New barrel aging warehouses HH, II, and JJ have also been added in the past year and LL and MM are under construction now.  Warehouses KK and NN are in the planning stages.    Since most of Buffalo Trace’s bourbons age eight to 10 years, more warehouses continue to be built as production increases.  A total of 10 new barrel warehouses have been built to date since 2017, each holding 58,800 barrels and costing about $7 million each to build and another $21 million each to fill with barrels.

The progress made over the past year joins previous expansion items as part of Buffalo Trace’s $1.2 billion investment, such as four new 22-foot tall cookers, four new fermenters, a 110,000 square foot bottling hall, and an expanded Visitor Center which triples the size of the former retail, tasting and event space.  Buffalo Trace resumed tours over a year ago after a brief shut down due to COVID-19 and visitation has rapidly picked up pace, while maintaining safety protocols.  Since re-opening last July, Buffalo Trace has seen more than 235,000 visitors, despite some capacity restrictions still in place.

Upcoming infrastructure projects for this 246-year-old Distillery in the near future include a new mill house, which will be located close to the original location of the hammer mill from 80 years ago.  The mill house will increase the grain grinding capacity to match new distillation capacity by replacing the current hammer mills.  Corn, wheat, rye and barley are trucked into Buffalo Trace from various non-GMO farmers in the region, but then must be ground on site before the grains can be used to make bourbon.

More barrel aging warehouses are also planned for the future, as well as another craft bottling hall which will allow Buffalo Trace to produce more single barrel and small batch bourbons.

“We’ve made great strides in our expansion so far, but we still have a long way to go in order to meet the needs of our fans,” said Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley. “We continue to take all the proper steps to ensure every barrel is of the highest quality as we increase supply.”

To see photos of the progress Buffalo Trace has made on its $1.2 billion expansion in the past year, click here.

About Buffalo Trace Distillery

Buffalo Trace Distillery is an American family-owned company based in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky. The Distillery’s rich tradition dates back to 1775 and includes such legends as E.H. Taylor, Jr., George T. Stagg, Albert B. Blanton, Orville Schupp, and Elmer T. Lee.  Buffalo Trace Distillery is a fully operational Distillery producing bourbon, rye and vodka on site and is a National Historic Landmark as well as is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Distillery has won 35 distillery titles since 2000 from such notable publications as Whisky Magazine, Whisky Advocate Magazine and Wine Enthusiast Magazine. Its Col. E. H. Taylor, Jr. Four Grain Bourbon was named World Whiskey of the Year for 2018 and its William Larue Weller and Thomas H. Handy Sazerac were named 2^nd and 3^rd finest whiskeys in the world for 2020.  Buffalo Trace Distillery has also garnered more than 1,000 awards for its wide range of premium whiskies. To learn more about Buffalo Trace Distillery visit www.buffalotracedistillery.com.  To download images from Buffalo Trace Distillery visit

BRAND NEW: Benromach 2012 Contrasts Peat Smoke

A very small-batch release from Benromach matured exclusively in first-fill sherry hogsheads using Scottish barley peated at a whopping 55ppm! Natural colour, free from chill filtration and bottled at 46% abv, this is one for all you peat heads who enjoy the fruity, sweet balance of an iconic Speyside dram too!

BENROMACH 2012 PEAT SMOKE SHERRY CASK MATURED DESCRIPTION

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A Small Batch Craft Whiskey Favorite Finally Arrives in California
Prohibition Craft Spirits “NULU Reserve” California Exclusive Barrel Proof Small Batch CA1 Indiana Straight Bourbon Whiskey ($64.99)
“…few single barrels can stand up to a well-crafted small batch in terms of balance and complexity. This gorgeous little Indiana batch is the perfect example.” — David Othenin-Girard, K&L Spirits Buyer

For some time now, our spirits buyers have had their eyes on the NULU line from Prohibition Craft Spirits out of Louisville, and they’ve awaited its arrival on the west coast with great anticipation. What they didn’t anticipate was the distillery’s offer of a unique small-batch bottling made specifically for California. Upon tasting a sample, spirits buyer David Othenin-Girard “just about bought the entire batch.” This expertly crafted blend of four- to six-year-old bourbons is a case study in complete profiles. That’s the beauty of the small batch. While the single-barrels offer a one-of-a-kind experience, often something is still missing. The small batches, however, give us a complete experience, and this beautiful, barrel-proof bottling goes to show exactly why we love them. Of course, small batch implies limited availability by definition, so bourbon enthusiasts will want to act quickly. Word travels fast in our market, so we don’t expect this gem to be around for long.

Prohibition Craft Spirits “NULU Reserve” California Exclusive Barrel Proof Small Batch CA1 Indiana Straight Bourbon Whiskey (750ml) ($64.99)

Prohibition Craft Spirits is based in Louisville, KY and distills its own spirits while also sourcing from MGP in Indiana. Founded by Keith Hazelbaker, the little distillery in downtown Louisville has made a name for itself bottling cask-strength single barrels of high-quality bourbon distilled up north. The bar/distillery operation is located in the historic Highland’s neighborhood and has quickly become a destination for bourbon lovers looking to acquire their well-regarded single barrels. The only thing better than a great single barrel, though, is an incredible small batch. Marrying casks from 4 to 6 years old, PCS has crafted an incredibly balanced and complex batch of cask-strength, non-chillfiltered bourbon. It’s a truly hands on operation, and they’ve taken every care creating this exceptional little batch for the California market.

David Othenin-Girard | K&L Staff Member | Review Date: August 10, 2021

I was really excited to see the NULU products making their way out to California, but when I found out that they’d be offering us a unique small batch, instead of the typical single barrel, I just about bought the entire batch. There’s no question that we fetishize the single barrel in our industry, and while they offer unparalleled uniqueness, few single barrels can stand up to a well-crafted small batch in terms of balance and complexity. This gorgeous little batch of Indiana bourbon is the perfect example. Let’s taste it. The color is yellow gold. The nose starts out a bit restrained before opening up considerably with just a few minutes in the glass. Aromas of sweet corn oil, caramel candy, toasted vanilla, and yellow fruit. Wonderfully supple on the palate, with an oily texture and some strong barrel spice coming through on the back end. It turns out to be a quite a big, spicy one with building pepper and clove heat. The richness keeps it in check, and altogether this is incredibly enjoyable bourbon!

Glengoyne Distillery tours return

Following the recent lifting of Scottish Government restrictions, we are thrilled to be back taking visitors on a tour of the distillery. Accompanied by a Distillery Ambassador, you will get to see firsthand our distillers tend to Scotland’s slowest copper stills. Then, learn all about the magic of maturation from our No.1 Warehouse and finish with a tutored tasting in the Glengoyne Tasting Room overlooking our beautiful glen.

Tour Bookings

Glengoyne Distillery, Dumgoyne, Near Killearn, Glasgow, G63 9LB.
T: +44 (0)1360 550 254
reception@glengoyne.com