The Bardstown Bourbon Company tells BourbonBlog.com tat they have partnered with Louisville’s Copper & Kings American Brandy Company to release a 9-year-old Tennessee bourbon finished for 18 months in Destillaré Orange Curaçao barrels. It’s available in limited quantities across all 13 markets.
Bardstown Bourbon Company/Copper & Kings Destillaré Orange Curaçao is botled at 100 proof and sells for $124.99 / 750mL.
Bardstown Bourbon Company’s Destillaré Orange Curaçao finish expands the modern distillery’s Collaborative Series, a line of imaginative bourbons that have been finished in an array of wine, beer and spirits barrels. It is the sixth collaboration with fellow Kentucky distillery Copper & Kings.
Prior collaborations with Bardstown Bourbon Company and Copper & Kings include bourbons finished in American brandy, Muscat Mistelle, Oloroso Sherry and Apple brandy barrels, the latter of which was awarded a Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
“A brilliant orange nose takes the lead over a rich blend of baking spice, vanilla, and maple,” Bardstown Bourbon Co. Vice President of Sales & Marketing Herb Heneman explains. “The bright citrus awakens the palate and leads to a magnificent, long-lasting finish with just a touch of sweetness”
“There’s a lot of satisfaction in developing and shaping whiskey into surprising and adventurous profiles,” said Copper & Kings founder and CEO Joe Heron tells BourbonBlog.com. “The collaboration with kindred spirits is what truly polishes the liquid. The infusion of friendship is what brings the magic.”
Located in the heart of Bourbon Country on 100 acres of active farmland, Bardstown Bourbon Company is a modern and technically advanced whiskey distilleries. The innovative distillery produces custom rye, whiskey, and bourbon for prominent brands including Jefferson’s, High West, Belle Meade, Hirsch and many others through its one-of-a-kind Collaborative Distilling Program.
Bardstown Bourbon Company offers one of the only full-service restaurants located within a distillery in Kentucky.
Copper & Kings uses small batch copper pot-distillation to forge untraditional, non-derivative, pure pot-distilled American apple and grape brandies, absinthe, gin and Destillaré liqueurs that are non-chill filtered with no added colors, flavors or synthetic chemicals. focuses on the distillation of brandy and spirits using a brandy base. Copper & Kin .
Bardstown Bourbon Company Products Available in These States:
Bardstown Bourbon Company’s products are now available in Kentucky, Indiana, Texas, Ohio and Colorado through Republic National Distributing Company; California, Nevada and Florida through Southern Glazers Wine and Spirits; Nashville and Chattanooga, Tennessee through Ajax Turner Distributing Company; Knoxville and Memphis through Empire Distributing of Tennessee; Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Delaware through Prestige-Ledroit Distributing; and Illinois through Momentum Beverage Team.