On the shelf at Great American Craft SpiritsOpen and pouring · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
- Proof
- 90.8
- Age
- Not stated
- Style
- BourbonKentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- MSRP
- $60.00
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“Wheat + high-rye Bardstown blend at 90.8 proof — John Rhea's accessible Owl”
Tasting notes
- nose
- sweet caramel, warming allspice, citrus zest, oak nudge — soft wheat meeting spicy high-rye by design
- palate
- silky caramel and allspice with ginger, creamy mid, dark fruit and cocoa; built neat, rocks, or cocktail
- finish
- medium-long allspice into lingering caramel and baking spice
Mash bill
A blend of several whiskeys, so no single grain split.
Blend of wheated and high-rye Kentucky Owl stocks plus older Kentucky-sourced bourbons — no single mash bill on the label. Soft wheat meets spicy high-rye by design under master blender John Rhea, so the grain story is balance architecture: dessert caramel from the wheat legs, citrus-allspice lift from the rye legs, oak nudge from the older Kentucky components.
- Cask
- New charred American oak (components)
- Best served
- versatile
Why it's craft
Bardstown-collaborative blend under corporate ownership; cataloged with ownership honesty as an accessible Owl expression.
Kentucky Owl
Corporate-owned · Est. 1879
Sources: prnewswire.com, distiller.com