Batch 11 Barrel Strength Bourbon

Bottled 2/13/25

Total Batch Yield 1629 bottles (10 barrels)
Bottled Non-Chill Filtered at 120 Proof

Barrel Strength Bourbon 2024 Awards

• San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold, 95 Points
• SIP Awards - Gold, Consumers’ Choice
• ASCOT Awards – Platinum and Gold
• John Barleycorn Awards - Double Gold and Gold
• New York World Wine & Spirits - Double Gold
• Fred Minnick #53 American Whiskey of 2024
• UPROXX #56 Bourbon of 2024
• K.LUKE Whiskey Company Named Blender of the Year 2024 from the John Barleycorn Awards

About K.LUKE Whiskey Company: 

K.LUKE Whiskey Company small batch blends are created by sourcing from several different distilleries in Kentucky and Indiana with different mash bills up to 36% rye and a variety of ages. This allows the focus to be on building multilayered and exciting blends instead of the individual components used to create each blend. Jonathan creates several blends based off his notes and ratings of their barrel inventory, then all blends are run through several rounds of blind tastings with blends being adjusted one barrel at a time by taste (Jonathan and Jennifer do all the blind tastings) until a favorite is decided for bottling. 

This is The Spirit Of Blending.

K.LUKE Whiskey Company owner and master blender Jonathan Maisano made his first single barrel trip to Kentucky in the summer of 2014.  Since then, he has tasted over 1,600 barrels and selected more than 400 to be deemed as Maisano Hand Select Single Barrels for retail.  Jonathan is also a first level certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers.  He uses this extensive sensory training when evaluating aroma and flavor profiles in whiskey barrels as there are many similar traits in both wine and whiskey when searching for nuances.