![]() When fully complete we will have the composite to process 50 thousand barrels of whiskey annually. With over 18,000 square feet, 6 barrel warehouses at capacity and a 43-foot custom copper still, Lux Row Distillers is capable of producing 3 million gallons of spirit per year. We learned from them and now understand that it is our time to do it ourselves in order to fill the growing demand for our products. We have been steeped in the bourbon business for over forty years, having others distill for us to service our needs. Building our own distillery represents a natural evolution for Luxco. Kentucky, with its rich southern culture, abundant natural resources of both high-quality grains and fine limestone filtered water, was the natural fit. As such, we began the hunt for our very own distillery site. In 2015, as our whiskey brands continued to grow and expand, we realized we were going to have to build our own site to service our needs going forward. Laws Four Grain, Compass Box “Oak Cross”)ģ | Bad | Flawed (Iron Smoke Bourbon, Balcones)Ģ | Poor | Forced myself to drink it (Buckshee Bourbon and Rye)ġ | Disgusting | Drain pour (Virginia Distilling Co.“We produce and market a wide array of products across all categories of spirit. A fantastic example of American blended bourbon whiskey.ġ0 | Insurpassable | Nothing Else Comes Close (Blanton’s Straight from the Barrel)ĩ | Incredible | Extraordinary (GTS, Elijah Craig Barrel Proof B518 and B520)Ĩ | Excellent | Exceptional (12+YO MGP Bourbon, Highland Park Single Barrels)ħ | Great | Well above average (Blanton’s Original, Old Weller Antique, Booker’s)Ħ | Very Good | Better than average (Four Roses Small Batch Select, Knob Creek 14+ YO Picks)ĥ | Good | Good, solid, ordinary (Elijah Craig Small Batch, Buffalo Trace, Old Grand-Dad Bottled-in-Bond)Ĥ | Sub-par | Many things I’d rather have (A.D. The creamy, chocolatey notes from the wheated mashbill temper the spice and red fruit tartness from the high-rye mashbills, while the oaky woodiness from the older bourbon never overtakes the more delicate, younger ingredients. Overall: Blood Oath Pact 1 is an excellent blended bourbon - the mashbills are well-balanced without any one overtaking the other or being subsumed. Butterscotch keeps building with orange zest and orange wine bringing up the rear.įinish: A tough spicy from oak, long and coating. Mouthfeel is deliciously smooth and creamy - just a hint of proof. Palate: A little oak spice up front, lots of malty fruit and orchard fruit, including some cognac-like notes towards the end. The fruitiness is orchard fruits and walking through an orchard in September with fruit littering the ground. Nose: Fruity and grain sweetness - almost Scotch-like before the corn kicks in. Rims disappear, leaving droplets and droplet legs. Official Website Blood Oath Pact 1 Review: Tasting NotesĮye: Liquid gold. Origin: Lux Row Distillers, Unknown Source This is a great blended bourbon, and proof that “blend” is no longer a dirty word in the bourbon world.Ĭlassification: Blended Straight Bourbon Whiskies I’m also basing these guesses on subsequent batches where age statements are added. ![]() This reads to me as a relatively young high-rye, a wheated bourbon (no inferences on age), and 10-year or older high-rye bourbon. This is quality.īlood Oath didn’t release ages for this blend, just saying it is a blend of “a spicy bourbon with a mash bill favoring rye, barrel aged for a subtle woodiness”, “a smooth, but never soft, wheated bourbon of memorable curves”, and “a more experienced, oaky bourbon with a rye-based mash”. And I have to tell you - John Rempe, creator of the Blood Oath bourbon series and overseer of much of Lux Row’s portfolio - could pass for a Scotch blender. ![]() No finishes or high proof to hide behind, just the taste in the bottle. Pact 1 - a blend of straight bourbons - is all about the blending. Since Lux Row is still (or was still) sourcing all of their distillate at this point, they’re coming at this from a strong position. To me, the most interesting part of this series is that each Pact would be a blend. Released in 2015, Blood Oath Pact 1 announced a new specialty product line for Lux Row Distillers - the batches, or “Pacts”, would be annual, each proofed to exactly 98.6º.
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