Chattanooga Whiskey has unveiled Batch 049: Honey Hot Toddy, the newest addition to its Experimental Single Batch Series. The limited bourbon goes on sale at the brand’s Experimental Distillery in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on 12 November 2026, priced at $49.99 (£38) for a 750ml bottle.
The release reimagines the classic hot toddy as a ready-to-pour bottling, built around what the distillery’s team identified as the cocktail’s four core elements: bourbon, honey, lemon, and spice.
Rather than blending those ingredients in liquid form, the distillers created a bourbon infused with whole components to echo the homemade version.
“Everything in this bottle is something you’d use to make a hot toddy at home: a special bourbon, wildflower honey, fresh lemon, and warming spices,” said founding distiller Grant McCracken. “Then we added a little cayenne pepper, so even when you drink it cold, it’s still a ‘hot’ toddy.”
The base whiskey was chosen with the drink in mind. Its mash bill includes honey malt and a “sour” malted barley, which McCracken says lends a natural brightness comparable to a squeeze of lemon.
Alongside yellow corn, malted wheat, and honey malted barleys, the bourbon was distilled on both pot and column stills and aged for more than four years in toasted and charred oak barrels.
The spirit then spent two weeks infusing with wildflower honey from Lookout Mountain Bee Co., fresh lemon peel, chamomile, cinnamon, clove, and cayenne. Each ingredient was removed on its own schedule to maintain balance across the blend.
“Every experimental batch starts with a question. This time it was, ‘Can we bottle a hot toddy that still tastes handmade?'” McCracken said. “Starting with the right bourbon and then infusing local honey and fresh, whole ingredients turned out to be the answer.”
Drawn from just eight barrels, Batch 049 is bottled at 85 proof (42.5% abv) and can be served warm or chilled.
Official notes from the brand cite clove-studded lemon, wildflower honey, mulling spice, and chamomile tea, finishing with a gentle warmth.
The Experimental Single Batch Series launched in August 2017 with Batch 001: Tennessee High Malt, drawn from the distillery’s 100-gallon experimental still in downtown Chattanooga.
