When you think of allocated whiskey releases that sell out in a flash, names like the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Birthday Bourbon , and Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch come to mind. Add Texas distillery Garrison Brothers to that list: Its new cask-strength, single-barrel bourbon was snapped up quickly (and crashed the website in the process), but there’s another new release you can check out. Garrison Brothers , located about an hour’s drive from Austin, was the first legal whiskey distillery to operate in Texas when it opened in 2005, and it released its first bourbon in 2010.
The distillery is known for making really bold, intense wheated bourbon with a strong oaky flavor due to the fact that its barrels age in an area with extreme temperature shifts that increase interaction between whiskey and wood. We’ve covered many Garrison Brothers releases before, including the Guadalupe expression finished for two years in port barrels, the extremely high-proof Cowboy Bourbon , and last year’s Laguna Madre which was its oldest release to date. This week the distillery announced that master distiller Donnis Todd selected four different casks to be released as cask-strength, single-barrel expressions.
Each bottle comes with a label that reads “Father’s Day June 16th, 2024” and can be custom engraved on the back with the message of your choice. RELATED: The 50 Best Bourbons of the 21st Century (So Far) These single barrel expressions are even older than the .
