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Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition

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(8)€220United States, Kentucky, Bourbon

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Four Roses uses two mash bills and five proprietary yeast strains. That gives the Kentucky distillery ten separate bourbon recipes. Master Distiller Brent Elliott picks a handful of them for this yearly Limited Edition release. Each recipe ages on its own, then the chosen barrels are married together. Nothing is chill filtered, so the texture stays thick and faintly oily. Brown sugar and cinnamon lead on the nose. The palate turns to cherry, leather and dark chocolate, with citrus running underneath. Baking spice and tobacco hang around in the finish. Pour it neat and give it a few minutes to open.

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About the distillery

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Four Roses

The Four Roses distillery, located in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, has a rich history of producing bourbon whiskies. Four Roses crafts their whiskies using a unique combination of two mash bills and five yeast strains, resulting in a variety of flavour profiles. Their whiskies often exhibit notes of caramel, vanilla, spice, and fruit, with a smooth and well-balanced finish. An interesting fact about Four Roses is that it was the only distillery allowed to continue producing bourbon for domestic consumption during the Prohibition era, making it a significant player in American whiskey history.

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About the Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition

Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition is a Kentucky straight bourbon released once a year. The distillery blends barrels from several of its own recipes, each matured for a different length of time. Master Distiller Brent Elliott chooses them by hand. Nothing is chill filtered, so the whisky keeps the weight and oils it picked up in the barrel. Bottling happens at barrel strength rather than a fixed proof. Four Roses works with two mash bills and five proprietary yeast strains. Combine them and you get ten distinct bourbon recipes, each with its own character. The high-rye mash bill carries 35% rye, while the softer one drops to 20%. Yeast does the rest: one strain leans toward delicate fruit, another toward spice, another toward mint and herbs. Every recipe carries a four-letter code, and the leading O nods to the Old Prentice distillery of 1910. The nose opens on brown sugar and honey, with cinnamon and allspice behind them. Orange peel and a little tobacco keep it from turning sweet. On the palate the fruit arrives first: cherry, then citrus and grapefruit. Caramel and butterscotch follow, backed by cocoa and a dry note of leather. The finish is long and spiced, holding cinnamon, orange peel and vanilla. Oak sits underneath the whole thing without taking over. The regular Four Roses range is built for consistency, with fixed recipes and a fixed strength. Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition works the other way. The blend changes every year, drawing on older barrels that Elliott judges ready. Recipe mix, ages and proof all shift between releases. That makes each edition a snapshot rather than a repeatable product. Anyone chasing the same bottle twice will find a different whisky waiting.