Wilderness Trail Distillery
Wilderness Trail Bottled-in-Bond Small Batch Bourbon
- Bottled in bond
- Own distillate
- Non-chill filtered
- Core range
- Proof
- 100
- Age
- 4 yr
- Style
- BourbonKentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- MSRP
- $54.99~$54.00 street
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“Sweet-mash high-rye BiB from a single fermenter”
Tasting notes
- nose
- sweet grain, baking spice, and clean high-rye perfume from sweet-mash fermentation
- palate
- balanced oak, caramel corn, and rye pepper with non-chill-filtered texture
- finish
- lingering rye spice and toasted oak
Mash bill
- Corn64%
- Rye24%
- Malted barley12%
High-rye Kentucky bourbon: 64% corn, 24% rye, 12% malted barley — one of the higher rye ratios among Kentucky BiB small batches. Heritage rye from local farms plus Wilderness Trail's proprietary yeast strains. Sweet-mash fermentation (not sour mash) lets grain character stay cleaner and more expressive; the 24% rye is the flavoring thesis against their wheated sibling.
- Cask
- New charred American oak (cooper-select, toasted, #4 char; entered ~110 proof)
- Best served
- versatile
Awards
- ASCOT Awards 2023 Platinum
- SFWSC 2023 Gold
- Global American Whiskey Masters 2023 Gold
- Ultimate Spirits Challenge 2023 Highly Recommended (92)
Why it's craft
Danville craft distillery known for sweet-mash fermentation and high-rye BiB small batches from a single fermenter.
Wilderness Trail Distillery
Majority-owned · Est. 2012 · Tours