How To Better Understand What Makes Up Your Bottle Of Four Roses Bourbon

Confused as to what those letters mean on some bottles of Four Roses bourbon? This handy infographic will help spell it out a little better.

by Nino Kilgore-Marchetti
March 24, 2015

Nino Kilgore-Marchetti, founder of The Whiskey Wash, is an award-winning whiskey journalist, expert, and judge

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Four Roses bourbon, as we’ve talked about before, is typically crafted by combing some variation of two different mashbills and five proprietary yeast strains to yield a range of recipes that are then blended together after aging for a whole range of possible combinations. Understanding how these different recipes play together can be a bit confusing for some, however, which is where this cool infographic, shown below, comes into play, courtesy of Four Roses.

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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