Blue Run "Chosen" Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey The Prime Barrel Pick #79

Blue Run "Chosen" Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey The Prime Barrel Pick #79In February 2023, the Chosen program started with what they dubbed "The Scouting Season." Blue Run was on a mission, like Indiana Jones hunting for relics, but instead, they were looking for retailers and organizations that shared their wild passion for whiskey diversity. They were also busy spreading the word about the program within the whiskey community, like a bunch of whiskey loving town criers. Then, just after the chaos of Super Bowl LVII on

peated Edradour

and dark berry finish

Concentrated flavors of rich oak and subtle vanilla lead to a long finish with hints of maple

It is bottled at a cask strength of 57% ABV

Bottle guides us through the rolling roads of Kentucky to breath in the fragrances and flavors seen in all the greatest bourbons

20% Sylvaner

packed with orange peel

Made by soaking locally grown Koshino Ume plums in the Kakurei Junmai Ginjo for three months then adding naturally produced rock candy to balance the tartness of the fruit

who retired in late 2020

and toasted oak standing out the most

lingering fruit notes with a distinctive mix of spicy oak and smoked sea salt

and nectarine begin to show