Yellowstone 2017 Limited Bourbon Mixes In Some Of Their Own Whiskey

Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon 2017, besides being finished in charred wine casks, includes in its blend for the first time a small amount of the distillery's own in house bourbon.
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The Limestone Branch distillery in Kentucky, founded by Steve Beam and his brother Paul Beam back in 2011, has been producing whiskey for a bit now, using primarily spirit sourced from other distilleries. One of their flagship products is Yellowstone bourbon, again which is a sourced offering. This looks to be changing a bit now though, with word their 2017 offering has some in house product mixed into the blend.

The new Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon 2017, according to those behind that, begins as their more traditional sourced blend. In this case this includes a mix of hand-selected, 7- and 12-year Kentucky straight bourbons. What’s then added in as well is much more fascinating – the distillery’s first produced by them 4-year Kentucky straight bourbon!

Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon 2017
image via Limestone Branch Distillery

“We are beyond proud to be using some of our own distillate in this year’s Yellowstone Limited Edition,” said Steve Beam, president and distiller of Limestone Branch Distillery, in a prepared statement. “This is a momentous release for our family and it is meticulously handmade, grain to glass, right here at our distillery.”

This bourbon is finished in wine casks, said to be once-filled, double seasoned barrels, which are toasted and then lightly charred. It is bottled at 101 proof, with each bottle signed by Steve Beam and nestled in commemorative tubes. Approximately 7,000-8,000 bottles of this bourbon are being produced this fall, pricing around $100 a pop.

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Limited official tasting notes for Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon 2017 suggest “an earthy flavor, dark and rich, with a nose of toasted oak, caramel and butterscotch at the front of the palette, giving way to rich leather and dark summer fruit on the finish.”

Nino Kilgore-Marchetti

Nino Kilgore-Marchetti is the founder of The Whiskey Wash, an award-winning whiskey lifestyle website dedicated to informing and entertaining consumers about whisk(e)y globally. As a whisk(e)y journalist, expert, and judge, he has written extensively about the subject, been interviewed in various media outlets, and provided tasting input on many whiskeys at competitions.

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