Stoli Group‘s Kentucky Owl released St. Patrick’s Limited Edition Bourbon, featuring selected barrels of Kentucky Whiskey using the Irish whiskey bonding process that was common during the 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Irish whiskey bonding was resurrected by Louise McGuane, Ireland’s first modern whiskey bonder and founder of J.J. Corry Irish Whiskey, who joined Kentucky Owl’s John Rhea to produce the St. Patrick Limited Edition. “We tasted through the lens of bringing fruit-forward profiles that are desirable to us as Irish whiskey makers, but we also wanted something still representative of the Kentucky Owl style,” McGuane said. “This blend tastes like the Kentucky Owl products whiskey drinkers love, with an echo of big and bold juicy fruit flavors so familiar in Irish whiskey.”
The barrels used in the project will now be transported to Ireland for McGuane to fill with future releases of Irish whiskey.