Bardstown Bourbon Co Blended American Whiskey Amrut Collaborative Series 9 Year

This is a Kentucky blend of straight rye and bourbon whiskeys with a 9-year age statement, finished in Amrut Indian malt whiskey barrels through a collaboration between Bardstown Bourbon Company and Amrut Distillery. That finish is the hook: baked cherry and campfire smoke on the nose, wrapped in vanilla with cinnamon and a wisp of herbal tea, then waves of ginger and malt across a rich, full-bodied palate. At 110 proof it has real heft, so it rewards slow sipping with a few drops of water more than mixing. It suits the collector who follows cross-border cask experiments and the bourbon drinker curious about what an Indian malt barrel brings to American whiskey. It is a limited-edition release, and it earned double gold at the 2024 San Francisco Wine & Spirits Competition. We carry it because it tastes like a genuine conversation between two whiskey traditions rather than a gimmick, and its long, herbal-tea finish keeps pulling you back to the glass.