Feb. 9: Drammers Kansas City...
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Hello Kansas City Drammers!
We hope your 2024 is off to an amazing start. We're looking forward to our next rare whiskey and spirits tasting in Kansas City on Friday, Feb. 9th at 7pm. A big thank you to Frank Nieto for hosting us and to Holly and Paul for organizing! We’ll circulate the exact address closer to the date. As for what we’ll be tasting, we’ve picked out 5 of the 8 pours so far, which you can read more about below). As usual, we'll have light food on hand (included) to make sure nobody's drinking on an empty stomach, and of course we strongly recommend arranging a ride home.
We hope you can join us!
Cheers,
Charlie, Holly, Paul, Frank and Drammers Club
BOTTLE LINEUP FOR THE EVENT:
Bardstown Bourbon Co. - Single Barrel Bourbon. This single barrel just arrived, part of the launch of the first-ever single barrel program from Bardstown Bourbon Co. They selected only 100 barrels of their Origins profile (60% corn, 36% rye, 4% malted barley), all aged 6 years, for the entire US, and it only yielded a surprisingly low 138 bottles. Bottled at cask strength exclusively for members of Drammers Club.
Green River - Single Barrel KY Straight Bourbon. This single barrel also just arrived from Bardstown’s sister distillery (Bardstown acquired the historic distillery in 2022 and both launched their single barrel programs at the end of 2023, though reportedly only something like 40 barrels were released as part of their inaugural year). This was also aged 6 years, but it is so different, with big eucalpytus / minty notes going into the finish. It is technically “Full Proof” - 59.5% abv / 119 proof (in other words, close to cask strength, but diluted slightly so they don’t have to submit TTB labels for approval for each barrel). Damn fine bourbon. The barrel yielded 156 bottles. We're confirming, but we believe the mashbill is 70% Corn, 21% Rye, 9% Malted Barley).
Rolling Fork Brazilian Rum. A Brazilian rum aged 12 years, distilled at the Epris distillery and bottled by the independent bottling group Rolling Fork. And, importantly, it was aged for part of those 12 years in an Amburana cask. If you’ve tried any bourbons finished in Amburana, they bring rich, bbq sauce notes and are often overpowering — sometimes too much of a good thing. So, the Rolling Fork team didn’t finish this rum in an Amburana cask, rather they matured it partially in an amburana cask, but then tempered that by having the end of its maturation in an ex-bourbon cask. , which is definitely a good thing. Bottled at cask strength of 55.05% abv.
Empirical's "The Plum, I Suppose". This company is bonkers, in all the best ways. Nothing they make is categorizable -- not whiskey, not gin, not rum, etc. Just very creative distillates. This one takes the kernel inside plum stones as the foundation, plus distilled marigold kombucha. We're doing an online event with the co-founder on Jan. 29th, and figured we'd bring a bottle alone for you all to taste! 32% ABV.
Starlight Bourbon Finished in a Grape Brandy Cask. This is the 3rd of 3 single barrels our club selected at the Starlight Distillery in southern Indiana near Louisville (we tried the first two last month). This third pick is a 4yo bourbon finished in Grape Brandy casks and bottled at cask strength. Delicious stuff. Keep in mind that Huber has been a winery since the late 1800s, so the brandy finishes use brandy casks they made in house. More info on the other 2 single barrels we picked with them here if you’re curious.