Our Favorite Four Grain Bourbons

Spirit Works Four Grain Straight Bourbon is made from all organic grains including corn and wheat grown in California along with rye and barley. It is aged a minimum of 4 years in 53-gallon new, charred oak barrels and is bottled at 90 proof. Spirit Works Distillery is a grain to glass distillery located in Sonoma County, California

This is the flagship bourbon for the brand which is named after the founder's daughter, Penelope. The bourbon is made from a blend of three different mash bill recipes from the same producer (MGP in Indiana). Four different grains are used in those mash bills: corn, wheat, rye, and malted barley. The bourbon is aged for 2-3 years in new, charred American oak barrels, but there's a twist here. The barrel heads are charred to #2 level(medium char) and the staves are #4 (heavily charred). It's bottled in batches at 80 proof without chill filtration.

Bluebird Distilling is a newcomer to the American craft scene, based out of Pheonixville, Pennsylvania. The Four Grain Bourbon is distilled from a mash bill of corn, red winter wheat, rye, and malted barley. Bluebird uses a German copper hybrid still, and ages the whiskey in thirty-gallon barrels. Bottled at 46% ABV.

Colorado's Laws Whiskey House highlights its unique locale in every aspect of its production, from high-altitude maturation, to the use of mountain spring water, and an emphasis on Colorado grain and heirloom varietals. Their Four Grain Bourbon is made from a mashbill of 60% corn, 20% wheat, 10% rye, and 10% malted barley. It's matured for a minimum of three years in full-size, new charred oak casks.

Frey Ranch Straight Bourbon is a farm to bottle bourbon made entirely on the brand's estate in Fallon, Nevada — including farming, malting, distilling, aging, and bottling. It is a four-grain bourbon made from non-GMO corn, winter cereal rye, winter wheat, and two-row barley. Aged for at least 5 years, it is bottled without chill-filtration at 90 proof.

This release is one in Old Elk's Master's Blend Series, crafted by Master Distiller Greg Metze. As the name suggests, the bourbon is made with four types of grains: 51% corn, 22.5% wheat, 19% malted barley, and 7.5% rye. It's aged 6-7 years and is then bottled at 105.9 proof. Released April 2022.

This limited edition Kentucky straight bourbon offering from Lux Row Distillers is made by blending a single barrel of the brand's wheated bourbon together with a single barrel of its ryed bourbon. Also, each of the bourbons were aged at least 4 years. Together the bourbon bottling becomes a four-grain bourbon by using corn, wheat, rye, and malted barley. Each bottle will detail both barrel numbers and the original fill dates. There's a limited allocation of 7,500 6-pack cases with retailers getting their allocations in August 2023. (SRP $79.99)

This release is distilled using the sweet mash method, meaning that all grain — in this instance 78% corn, 9% rye, 9% wheat, and 4% malted barley — is distilled fresh rather than using a portion of a previous batch (the traditional sour mash method). It is produced according to Bottled In Bond standards, as such it is bottled at 100 proof (non-chill filtered).

This is one of the debut whiskeys from Great Jones Distilling Co. in Manhattan, New York City. It is composed of corn, malted barley, rye and wheat grown in Upstate New York. It is matured a minimum of 4 years in new, charred American oak. It is bottled at 90 proof and available as of August, 2021 exclusively at the distillery.

Debuting April 2017, with another release set for 2018, this limited edition bourbon from the Buffalo Trace Distillery is the 9th release in a series made to honor past distillery owner, Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Made primarily with corn, the mash bill also includes rye, wheat, and malted barley –grains that the Colonel had access to during the late 1800s when he purchased the distillery. This bourbon in bottled-in-bond, at 100 proof, and aged for 12 years in charred American oak.