Kings County Distillery Straight Bourbon
- Grain to glass
- Non-chill filtered
- Core range
On the shelf at Great American Craft SpiritsOpen and pouring · Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
- Proof
- 90
- Age
- 4–7 yr
- Style
- BourbonStraight Bourbon Whiskey
- MSRP
- $79.99~$78.99 street
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“80/20 NY organic corn + Golden Promise; bourbon made like a malt”
Tasting notes
- nose
- cinnamon, nutmeg, black pepper, and vanilla over caramel and dark berry — malt-forward for a bourbon
- palate
- smooth, spicy, and robust with pot-still weight that reads richer than typical column-still craft; caramel, spice, and berry
- finish
- lingering malt, pepper, and sweet oak
Mash bill
- New York organic corn80%
- English Golden Promise malted barley20%
80% New York organic corn and 20% English Golden Promise malted barley — deliberately no rye and no wheat. The high-malt bill borrows Scotch grain thinking (Thomas Fawcett Golden Promise) while staying legal bourbon via new charred oak. Organic NY corn from farm partners anchors the American side; Golden Promise supplies honeyed malt depth Kentucky recipes usually get from rye or wheat.
- Cask
- New charred American oak
- Finish
- No secondary finish; multi-age new-oak blend
- Best served
- neat or Old Fashioned
Awards
- Double Gold — SFWSC 2019
- Gold — SFWSC 2020 & 2017
- Platinum — Ascot Awards 2022
Why it's craft
NYC's post-Prohibition whiskey pioneer; own-distillate Navy Yard bourbon with a uniquely high-malt, no-rye mash.
Kings County Distillery
Independent · Est. 2010 · Tours