"The char softens the wood, and allows the bourbon to expand into the wood. "She was made as an experimental still," says Garrison, "for Wild Turkey Distillery."After the bourbon has been distilled, it is aged in charred, American oak barrels. Following fermentation, the wash is distilled through an antique, copper pot still nicknamed the copper cowgirl. "The wheat comes from our own fields - we have 65 acres of wheat on the other side of the property."In addition, the corn is harvested from local fields in Texas while the barley is sourced from the Pacific Northwest.Once the grains arrive at the distillery, they are milled and mashed before being fermented for four days. "We get about 30,000 pounds of corn, wheat and barley delivered a month," says Garrison. "We didn't want to make just any bourbon " we wanted to make the best bourbon ever made."Garrison Brothers Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey is made from organic corn, wheat and barley. "Like everything in the Lone Star State, our dreams were big from the start," says Dan Garrison, the distillery's owner. The distillery is the oldest legal whiskey distillery in Texas. Fortunately, there appears to be enough to share nationwide, so let us get to tasting.Garrison Brothers Three Bottle Bourbon Whiskey Collection Garrison Brothers Bourbon Whiskey 750ML Garrison Brothers Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey 750ML Garrison Brothers Honey Dew Bourbon Whiskey 750 ML Situated on a rolling ranch in Texas Hill Country, Garrison Brothers Distillery was founded in 2005. And in true Garrison Brothers fashion, the distillery hosted a drive-thru release event at the end of July, giving enthusiasts the opportunity to get their hands on the first bottles of Guadalupe.
This liquid was entered into twenty-six 59-gallon port casks in 2019, and then bottled and released in 2021. The angel’s share losses were about 13 gallons per barrel, meaning there were just 1,530 gallons of bourbon to be used. Todd selected 90 thirty-gallon bourbon barrels that had been originally filled in 2015.
Realizing that he may be on to something, Master Distiller Donnis Todd realized he may need to find more casks if he wants to make this a permanent expression, so he looked to the birthplace of Port wine, Portugal. The result was the 2019 limited release Estacado, named for Llano Estacado the source of the port casks.
Even though I may think it’s appropriate at any temperature, they do call this “whiskey weather” for a reason, and for that, I am grateful.īack in 2015, Garrison Brothers embarked on a collaborative project with a Texas winery by trading 20 of their wet bourbon barrels for 20 of the winery’s decade-old port casks. I know that we are at the mercy of our planet’s orbit for the seasons and the amount of daylight that we are given, but it almost always feels like part of your day was taken away from you without your permission. I am sitting down to get to know my latest whiskey at about 4:45 in the afternoon on the eve of “falling back” to standard time in the U.S. It should also be noted that by clicking the buy link towards the bottom of this review our site receives a small referral payment which helps to support, but not influence, our editorial and other costs.Įven though it happens every year, I am always surprised at how strange it seems at this time of year. This in no way, per our editorial policies , influenced the final outcome of this review.
Editor’s Note: This whiskey was provided to us as a review sample by Garrison Brothers.
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