Blanton's Bourbon Original Whisky 70 cl

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Please Note that the wax on top of the Blanton’s bottlings can be prone to cracking and we find that boxes can have small creases in corners. The set features a horse and jockey in different strides and poses resembling the stages of a horse race, from beginning to end.Now accessible to everyone, Blanton's Original Single Barrel is created from a sour mash of corn, rye and malted barley. Lee introduced the world to the first "super premium" whiskey and in doing so, revolutionised the entire bourbon industry. A note on the stoppers - there are 8 of them, each modelling various stages of a horse race (a sport synoymous with Kentucky) from approaching the start line, setting off, racing to the finish, and the rider raising a fist in victory. The horse stoppers atop every bottle of Blanton's are a reference to the kinship between bourbon and horse-racing - the twin pillars of Kentucky. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report.

Today, super-premium bourbon features on pretty much every bourbon distillers portfolio but Blantons was the first. So ,as he and his friends continue to work their way through a bottle every few weeks , am finding that I am repeat purchasing on a regular Basis .It was the first single barrel bourbon to be put on the market, and kick-started the trend of premium, luxury bourbon. This single barrel bourbon, taken from the middle sections of Blanton's Warehouse H, was once the preserve of ambassadors, dignitaries and friends and family of Colonel Blanton himself.

This bourbon consistently delivers on balance and character, on par with the world’s finest whiskey. Huge differences in temperature in Kentucky also cause the oak barrels to absorb and release whisky during the aging process which is desirable and helps the ageing process enormously. The oldest continuously operating distillery in America also happens to have one of the largest families of homegrown bourbon brands in any industry. Overall, the nose is well-balanced but a bit soft when compared to the new higher-proof offerings now filling shelves.Taken from the centre-cut or middle sections of the famous warehouse, Blanton's original single barrel was once designated for ambassadors, dignitaries, and Colonel Blanton's family and friends. The single-barrel Bourbon, is soft with an amber colour and rich, perfumed aromas and flavours of spicy dried citrus peel, caramel, burnt sugar and honey. However, the thin walls created a unique maturation process, which reflected Kentucky’s temperamental weather.

Released in 1984, Blanton’s bourbon is proudly crafted in the home state of bourbon – Kentucky, USA.It cant be overstated just what a radical move this was - it completely changed peoples expectations and ideas about what bourbon was. Introduced in 1984, Blanton’s namesake bourbon was the first ever Single Barrel Bourbon sold commercially. At the age of sixteen, he started work in the Distillery as an office boy and fast became a leading pioneer in the development of bourbon. The horse and jockey atop the bottle stoppers are now a recognized trademark of Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon. In 1984 The Master Distiller of Buffalo Trace Distillery, Elmer T Lee remembered the earlier days of his career in the late 1940s when he worked under Col.