Michigan’s New Holland Spirits just released its Origin Small Batch Bourbon Whiskey as a new, year-round addition to their Dragon’s Milk brand portfolio.
Origin is a straight bourbon whiskey, distilled in small batches and bottled at 95 proof. This release is the first year-round bourbon with an age statement of five years or more for the craft distiller.
“Origin is one of the most exciting projects we’ve taken on at New Holland,” said Adam Dickerson, brand manager, in a prepared statement. “We’ve been sampling this product patiently for five long years and are continually impressed by its complexity of flavor, and delicate finish.”
Origin’s hundred-year-old, prohibition-era pot still at New Holland’s production facility is used to make all their bourbon recipes. The distiller finds this still imparts a fruit-forward character to their bourbon, bottled in batches of 100 barrels or less. The recipe features corn, rye, and a high ratio of malted barley.
“Origin’s high-barley mash bill and five-year maturation in char #3 oak barrels offers the drinker a one-of-a-kind experience,” Dickerson noted. “We are particularly enthusiastic about Origin’s four signature tasting notes of stone fruit, namely pear and apricot, citrus, baked pastries, and vanilla wafer. The marriage of these flavors with the myriad of additional sub-flavors forms a truly memorable bourbon and presents you with new tasting notes to uncover each time you revisit.”
He explained that the name Origin comes from the origin story of Dragon’s Milk (the parent brand for the bourbon).
The original Dragon’s Milk Stout was born from bourbon barrels, and those barrels have become what’s described as an integral part of the evolution of New Holland’s Brewery and Distillery.
The Dragon’s Milk name evolved from the original stout to become the parent brand to an entire portfolio of beer, bourbon and other barrel-aged products.
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“Every legend has an origin,” Dickerson said. “This is ours.”
Origin is out now at New Holland’s own retail locations, and will begin distribution to Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Colorado, Texas, and California this week.
For more information, check out newhollandbrew.com.
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