Bond & Lillard Bourbon Whiskey Batch 1

Bond & Lillard Bourbon Whiskey 375 ML Pint Batch # 1 hard to find in stock limited edition! Bond & Lillard was a trusted name in the pre-Prohibition whiskey industry. It was first distilled by John Bond in what was then called, Cedar Run, KY now known as Anderson County, in 1820. A veteran of the American Revolutionary War, Bond moved his distilling operation closer to Lawrenceburg, KY after the war. In 1842, he left the company to his son and grandson, David and William. William would go on to form a partnership with his brother-in-law, C.C. Lillard in 1869, and they began labeling the product Bond & Lillard. The business stayed in their families until 1899 and was so revered that it won the Grand Prize at the 1904 Worlds Fair in St. Louis. Using the same tasting notes the judges wrote down during the Worlds Fair in 1904, we recreated this winning recipe. Distilled and bottled and at the Wild Turkey distillery in Lawrenceburg, KY, this Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is aged a minimum of seven years in timber warehouses and is charcoal filtered. This filtration process simulates the aeration process that happens in the barrel, converting more aggressive congeners to esters that end in more elegant top notes. The result is a lighter colored and flavored bourbon with more floral notes. As the judges at the 1904 Worlds Fair declared, this recipe represents real delicacy of flavor, beauty in the sparkle and superiority in strength “ it bears no equal.Bond and Lillard, is part of Camparis new Whiskey Barrons line. Distilled and bottled and at the Wild Turkey distillery in Lawrenceburg, KY, this Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is aged a minimum of seven years in timber warehouses and is charcoal filtered. This filtration process simulates the aeration process that happens in the barrel, converting more aggressive congeners to esters that end in more elegant top notes. The result is a lighter colored and flavored bourbon with more floral notes.The Bond & Lillard 375ml pint bottles are a nod to pre-Prohibition. Bottle sizes were not standardized then, and smaller format bottles were frequently sold. Campari America introducing their new Whiskey Barons Collection. We also want to point out that according to Campari, this is not a Wild Turkey product. It is being distilled at the Wild Turkey Distillery, but Jimmy and Eddie havent been involved.To bring back to life the Bond & Lillard blends for the Whiskey Barons collection, Campari America conferred with T.B. Ripy IV and Tom Ripy, great-grandson and great-great-grandson of T.B. Ripy, and employed the talents of Norm Matella, Ph. D. and Campari America North American Technical Center Manager, and Robin Coupar, Campari America Global Whiskies Brand Ambassador. Together they analyzed historical documents, dipped into family archives and experimented with different blends to achieve a final product as close to the original whiskies as possible. The liquid was distilled at the Wild Turkey Distillery in Lawrenceburg, KY, which sits upon the same spot where the Ripy distillery once stood. Wild Turkey Master Distillers Jimmy and Eddie Russell were not involved with the creation of Old Ripy and Bond & Lillard, as they were fully committed with projects for Wild Turkey and Russells Reserve. However, moving forward, Eddie Russell will be pouring his passion and expertise into the development of future Whiskey Barons products while continuing in his award-winning role as Master Distiller and key product innovator for Wild Turkey and Russells Reserve.The Whiskey Barons Collection is an ambitious undertaking to honor and recreate historically significant Bourbons that were lost after Prohibition. Our mission is to resurrect these remarkable spirits so current and future generations of whiskey lovers can taste history while giving back to the Kentucky community that sparked so much Bourbon lore. Though most of the original recipes and distilling techniques have been lost to the ravages of time, we are painstakingly piecing together these lost gems with the help of living members of these noble distilling families, historic records, tasting notes, and talented distillers. In doing so, we hope to create a living archive of Kentuckys great whiskey history, giving these Bourbons and the people who made them a chance to live again.In 2017, Campari America will release two new expressions under The Whiskey Barons Collection umbrella “ Bond & Lillard and Old Ripy. A portion of the profits from each bottle of Bond & Lillard and Old Ripy sold will be donated towards the restoration of The Ripy Home in Anderson County, Kentucky.Bond & Lillard Tasting NotesNose: Creamy vanilla, citrus and stone fruitTasting Notes: Fruity and delicate with dry peach and apricot and hints of baking spiceFinish: Slight dryness with lingering fruits and spiceColor: Bright goldMash Bill: Corn, malted barley, and rye grains; sourced from the Wild Turkey DistilleryProof: 50% alc./vol. (100 proof)