New Whiskey Releases - August 2025 - Maker's Mark, Jack Daniel's, Four Roses, and More!

This is the third annual Cellar Aged expression from Maker's Mark. It begins with fully-matured barrels of Maker's Mark aged in traditional bourbon warehouses. Then the matured barrels are moved to a LEED certified limestone cellar to age further. This 2025 release blends 11 year-old (74%), 13 year-old (10%), and 14 year-old (16%) bourbons making this the most mature whisky ever blended by Maker's Mark. It's bottled at 112.9 proof (56.45% ABV). Availability begins in mid-September 2025 in the US, Germany, and select global travel retailers with the UK, Australia, Korea, Japan and Singapore to receive its allocations later in 2025 and early 2026. (SRP $175)

Beginning in 2025, Heritage Barrel is now a permanent addition to Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Collection available year-round after first debuting in 2018 as a Special Release. Made with the classic Jack Daniel's mash bill recipe (80% corn, 12% malted barley, 8% rye), this is aged entirely in a heavily-toasted & lightly charred American oak barrel for at least 7 years. The whiskey enters the barrel at just 100 proof while the standard entry proof for Jack is 125 proof. After aging in some of the highest elevated barrel houses in Lynchburg, the whiskey is lightly-filtered and bottled at 100 proof. Available in the US beginning August 2025 with an international rollout to follow. (SRP $69.99)

Crafted by Master Distiller Brett Elliott, the 18th limited edition Small Batch Bourbon features four different batches of three different bourbon recipes (out of ten available). The batches were aged 13-19 years with Elliott taking inspiration from the V yeast strain (delicate fruit). The recipes are as follows: 38% 13 year-old OBSV; 35% 13 year-old OESV; 17% 13 year-old OBSK; 10% 19 year-old OESV. It’s bottled at 109 proof without chill-filtration. Approximately 16,854 bottles will be available at the brand's visitor centers in Kentucky and at select retailers nationwide beginning September 3, 2025. The brand will also be holding a bottle drawing from August 19-24, 2025 for a chance to purchase and pick up a bottle at the Distillery’s Visitor Center in Lawrenceburg, KY. (SRP $249)

After it's initial release in October 2019, Baker's Single Barrel Bourbon 13 Year launched as an annual limited edition expression in August 2023. At 13 years, this offering is 6 years older than the standard 7 year-old expression. Both are bottled at 107 proof. The bourbon brand is named after Baker Beam, grand-nephew of Jim Beam and now retired 6th generation Beam family distiller. The 2025 batch of single barrels will be available in limited quantities beginning August 2025. (SRP $149.99)

This limited-edition bourbon marks the ninth annual offering in the distillery’s Remus Repeal Reserve Bourbon line. Series IX is comprised of bourbon barrels aged between 10-18 years including: 7% 18 year-old (21% rye), 26% 11 year-old (36% rye), 23% 10 year-old (36% rye) and 44% 10 year-old (21% rye). It's bottled without chill-filtration at 104 proof. Available in limited quantities beginning September 2025. (SRP $99.99)

Michter's US*1 Toasted Barrel Finish Sour Mash Whiskey begins with the brand's fully matured Sour Mash Whiskey — although the exact grain recipe is not disclosed, there is not enough corn to qualify as a bourbon nor enough rye to qualify as a rye. That whiskey was then finished in toasted (not charred) barrels which were crafted from 18 month air-dried staves. This is just the third time this whiskey has been released following its initial launch in 2019. Availability begins September 2025 in limited quantities. (SRP $110)

Westland's Cask Exploration Series is made in collaboration with brewers and winemakers of the Pacific Northwest. This second Wine Cask Finish batch was made using Westland's signature five-malt mash bill and was initially matured in first and second fill American oak. It was then finished in wine casks from the Pacific Northwest including Tempranillo, Washington State red blend, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, and Merlot. Matured for 5-9 years, it's bottled at 92 proof with 9048 bottles created for batch 2. Available at the distillery and via e-commerce in August 2025, nationwide availability begins September 2025. (SRP $74.99)

Westland's Cask Exploration Series is made in collaboration with brewers and winemakers of the Pacific Northwest. This second Beer Cask Finish batch was made using Westland's signature five-malt mash bill and Washington pale malt. It was initially matured in new American oak, ex-rye, and ex-bourbon casks before finishing in beer casks from the Pacific Northwest including stout/porter, brown ale, Imperial Munich lager, and foudre ale. Matured for 6-9 years, it's bottled at 92 proof with 12.840 bottles created for batch 2. Available at the distillery and via e-commerce in August 2025, nationwide availability begins September 2025. (SRP $74.99)

The 19th edition of Parker's Heritage Collection is a Kentucky straight whiskey made of three types of whiskeys aged in multiple rickhouses & floors across multiple Heaven Hill sites. They include a 15 year-old straight wheated bourbon, an 11 year-old corn whiskey, and a 12 year-old whiskey made from just two grains — rye and malt. The whiskeys were then married and bottled without chill-filtration at cask strength of 122.5 proof (61.25% ABV). Like previous editions, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to ALS research and patient care in memory of the late Master Distiller Emeritus Parker Beam. It's available in limited quantities nationally and in select markets internationally beginning September 2025. (SRP $179.99)

This limited edition release from Woodford Reserve is part of their Distillery Series. This bottling marks the first American single malt whiskey release for the brand (although they have released 100% malted barley whiskeys previously). This was triple pot-distilled and aged for 12 years in aged in used whiskey barrels. Availability is limited to select Kentucky retailers and at Woodford Reserve Distillery in Versailles beginning August 14, 2025. It's also available for shipping via the brand's website to a few states and Washington D.C. (SRP $99.99/375ml)

Released annually to celebrate the birthday of Old Forester founder George Garvin Brown on September 2, Birthday Bourbon is a vintage-dated, one-of-a-kind bourbon selected from barrels made on one day of production. The 2025 edition is unique from previous releases as it was made without the use of "setback" during fermentation. Instead, it was made with a sweet mash process using freshly propagated yeast. It was distilled on April 5, 2013 and was aged 12 years. Bottled at 92 proof, a total of 210 barrels were selected for this year's edition. Once again, the brand is holding an online lottery on OldForester.com from August 18-21, 2025 for the opportunity to purchase a bottle. Winners will have to pick up the bottle at distillery in Louisville. It's also available at select retailers nationwide beginning September 2025. (SRP $199.99)

This is the first bottled in bond bourbon from High West following their bottled in bond rye released in 2024. The bourbon was distilled entirely at High West Distillery in Wanship, UT during one distilling season (distillation season is listed on the front label). It was made from a high-rye mash bill of 64% non-GMO yellow corn and 36% rye and was aged for 4 years and 5 months in a federally bonded warehouse. Bottled at 100 proof (50% ABV), this limited edition is available at select retailers nationwide and via the brand's website beginning August 1, 2025. (SRP $79.99)

This second collaboration with Maison Ferrand is a blend of Kentucky straight whiskeys — three bourbons aged 9-12 years along with a 6 year-old rye made by BBCo. The blend was then finished in Ferrand Cognac barrels for 15 months. Bottled at 107 proof, it's available in limited quantities beginning August 2025 nationwide. (SRP $139.99)

This is the 13th release in the Discovery Series which highlights the art of blending. Here the brand blended four different Kentucky straight bourbon whiskeys together, each with a different mash bill. Two 9 year-olds make up the bulk of the blend (67%) followed by a 15 year-old (20%), and an 8 year-old (13%). Then the blend was split in two parcels for secondary aging — a first for this series — with 60% placed into new American white oak barrels and the remainder into Hungarian oak. After 4 months in these secondary barrels, the blend was married and bottled at 110.8 proof. Available nationwide in limited quantities beginning August 29, 2025 (SRP $139.99)