Small Batch Barrel Strength Bourbon Batch 8

Bottled 2/27/2024

Total Batch Yield 1844 bottles (10 barrel blend)

Barrel Strength non-chill filtered at 118.8 proof

K.LUKE Barrel Strength Bourbon 2023 Awards 

• ASCOT Awards - Double Platinum
• John Barleycorn Awards - Double Gold
• SIP Awards - Gold
• UPROXX #27 Bourbon of 2023
• Fred Minnick #20 Bourbon of 2023
• New York World Wine & Spirits - Double Gold

      K.LUKE Whiskey Company owner and 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.  

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 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 TheSpiritOfBlending.