Peerless Single Barrel Bourbon

Introduction

Whiskey: Peerless Single Barrel Bourbon

Barbecue rub, red chilli earthiness, and herbaceous mint are joined by peanut butter, caramel, and vanilla.

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Size: 750ML

Proof: 112.2 (56.1%ABV)

Origin: United States

Distillery: Peerless

Peerless is one of the most impressive new bourbon producers in Kentucky so, as you can imagine, its single barrel selections are pretty brilliant. Master distiller Caleb Kilburn hand selects each barrel personally and bottles them at cask strength.

Peerless Single Barrel Bourbon Tasting Notes

Nose: Barbecue rub, red chilli earthiness, and herbaceous mint are joined by peanut butter, caramel, and vanilla.

Palate: Dried fruit, cherries, and orange peel are joined by clove, cardamom, and black pepper.

Finish: Chocolate, honey-roasted nuts, and old leather.

Distillery Information

There are two main chapters to the story of Peerless Distillery. The first starred Henry Kraver, your classic early Kentucky bourbon pioneer. After he purchased the brand in 1899, he spent his reign investing, innovating, and merrily making booze. Until he headed into the double trouble of war and Prohibition. A familiar roadblock for many, Peerless eventually succumbed and when the last barrel was sold, it went dormant. The second chapter began in 2014, when Kravers great-grandson, Corky Taylor, and his son Carson, revived the project. The Taylors constructed a distillery in an abandoned 115-year-old tobacco warehouse in the Bourbon District of downtown Louisville and even got special dispensation to restore Peerless old DSP number, KY 50. The team has been producing the good stuff since 2015 and in 2017, a two-year-old rye whiskey became the first whiskey made at a distillery named Peerless for nearly a century. Now, Peerless Rye and Peerless Bourbon make up the core range. The distillery has strong beliefs on how to make bourbon, such as using sweet mash fermentation rather than the industry standard sour mash. This involves adding a portion of a prior fermentation batch into the next run. Theres no recycled stillage, just fresh grains and water filling the brands six fermentation tanks, creating sweet, floral and citrus notes in long, controlled runs of five to six days in order to retain more flavour. Peerless also insists on low barrel proof (ABV) entry and high bottle strength. This used to be commonplace, but economic factors and a cultural shift towards white spirits in the sixties prompted producers to change tact to achieve a lighter flavour and lower cost.