Tuthilltown Spirits celebrated its acquisition by William Grant & Sons, the independent family-owned Scottish distiller, by offering bars, restaurants, and retailers across the country the opportunity to personally selected single barrels of Hudson Whiskey to be bottled and sold in their individual outlets.
Some 40 casks of its acclaimed Hudson Four Grain Bourbon and 20 casks of its innovative Hudson Single Malt were included in the program.
More than 100 guests representing 25 outlets were welcomed to Tuthilltown by co-founder Ralph Erenzo, given an in-depth look at the distillery’s grain-to-glass production by Hudson Whiskey Ambassador Han Shan, and finally guided through a hands-on tasting of a selection of single barrels by Hudson Whiskey chief distiller Brendan O’Rourke. Each guest was then given the chance to select their choice of a custom color wax enclosure in which each bottle would be hand-dipped, a famous feature of Hudson Whiskey since its introduction in 2006.
For customers who couldn’t make the trip to visit the beautiful distillery attached to the 1788 historic Tuthilltown grist mill in Gardiner NY, custom-built boxes containing samples representing a range of Hudson single barrels were shipped out to be tasted remotely. Enclosed with the whiskeys was comprehensive information on each individual barrel, along with a wax sample card with swatches of fifteen different color waxes to choose from.
“As Tuthilltown joins the William Grant & Sons family, with its 130 years of distilling heritage, we wanted to showcase the craft and consideration that goes into every barrel—and indeed every bottle—of Hudson Whiskey, and this was a perfect way to do that,” said Hudson Whiskey Ambassador Han Shan. “We took great care in selecting the pool of barrels from which customers would then be selecting their private barrels, and we’re very proud of every cask we are now bottling, and sealing with custom wax.”
While this fall will see the arrival of these unique expressions of Hudson Four Grain Bourbon and Hudson Single Malt at the participating outlets across the country, Hudson also shipped the first cases of its traditional Four Grain Bourbon and Single Malt expressions in the larger 750 ml bottles; until now only available in the 375-ml package in which Hudson was originally introduced.