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Distillery Reserve Returns with Cascadia - The Bardstown Bourbon Company - Nowhere We Won't Go
Cascadia begins with a blend of three bourbons aged nine and ten years, each crafted from a different mashbill of corn, rye, and malted barley. After blending, the whiskey was finished for ten months in custom Garryana oak barrels – crafted by Oregon Barrel Works, a micro-cooperage producing just 1,000 barrels per year.
For this release, the 10 barrels received a three-hour hand-toast to draw out deeper spice compounds, before aging on the sixth floor of the warehouse for 10 months for maximum interaction with the wood. The whiskey was then gradually proofed to allow the blend to fully integrate before bottling.
Garryana oak – also known as Oregon white oak – is native to the Pacific Northwest and rarely used in American whiskey. Because it cannot be commercially farmed and is only sourced from fallen or sanctioned harvests, availability is extremely limited.
Source: Bardstown Bourbon Company. Photo credit: Bardstown Bourbon Company.