A brand re-birth. I was lucky enough to try a very generous pour of this after flipping the bottle around and examine if the label. My understanding is that this particular blend was backed by an investment from the University of Kentucky Football Head Coach Mark Stoops. I would like to pause for a moment and co sister how unbelievable this mans bourbon collection must be. A head football coach in the SEC who likes bourbon enough to invest in it. Coach Stoops, please let’s share a few pours some day if you ever read this. Moving on, the Distillery is headquartered in Lexington, KY but bottling appears to occur in Bardstown, KY. The blend is that of a KY bourbon and rye, aged separately for 7 and 8 years before marriage and bottling. The nose was largely sweet with baked apple pie, slight lemon and chocolate cake. The mouthfeel was reasonable, not thin but not heavy. I did get a small initial bite of heat that faded quickly into a medium warm finish. The palate was much like the nose. Sweet bourbon flavors up front with caramel and green apple that transitioned nicely mid-palate to more rye-cocoa sweetness with a bit of praline that lates into the finish. It reminds me of a High West (MGP) Bourye. It’s a bourbon:rye blend and while the Bourye is spicier with some MGP dill thrown in this was more sweet overall. Next kicker, Bourye also commands $80-90. This is said to be likewise limited (30k bottles) and is undoubtedly sourced, presumably all KY but the details need some deconstructing. It appears that the 7y bourbon is 75/13/12 which could be Beam or Turkey. Interestingly this only makes up 10% of the blend. The other 90% is likely Turkey or HH at 37/51/12. Do you like sweet ryes? Do you like wild turkey? If so, this might be a good purchase. There’s not much to dislike and while I could complain about mouthfeel not being heavy, the finish being medium and the lack of wood and earth notes I suspect most who try this will like it. It likely won’t empress your snobby enthusiast friends but is approachable and will win over most.