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MEDLEY BROTHERS Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey #952862 / 750ml / $21.99

JAMES E. PEPPER LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY

Little brother to Wathen’s Single Barrel Kentucky Bourbon, it’s the ideal cocktail bourbon with its high proof and low price. Medley Brothers 4YO is very rich with good wood flavors, but with a little bit of grain too. (77% corn, 10% rye, and 13% barley malt aged in oak) While this Bourbon is higher proof than most, its smooth cocoa and barrel notes make it a delicious choice. A seriously good Bourbon for the money and an incredibly-priced 100+ proof bourbon to target the craft cocktail movement. Uses the same recipe as Wathen’s Kentucky Bourbon, but aged longer. This bourbon is medium to dark amber in color, featuring aged vanilla, sweet pecan, caramel, and oak flavors. The sugar and barrel flavors of this smooth drink are well balanced. If you want this beautiful Kentucky bourbon, you better do so quickly, this is a very limited release and will go fast! “Fat, full mouthfeel and elegant finish...neither the highest proof nor the most expensive, but…the near-unanimous choice for best bourbon.” “Best Bourbon” Paste Magazine “Best of Show” Denver Int’l Spirits Competition ‘13 Old Medley 12 Year Bourbon #749556 / 750ml / $60.99 / LIMITED WATHEN’S KENTUCKY Bourbon Kentucky Straight Single Barrel #638709 / 750ml / $35.99 Small batch Bourbon made by Kentucky’s Medley family for over 200 years. Pristine water, naturally filtered through Kentucky’s underground limestone deposits, 100% copper doubling process, the finest cereal grains, double distillation and unhurried aging for a minimum of six years in the finest charred new white oak barrels all combine to make this single barrel Bourbon. Smooth and nicely balanced bourbon with some cognac-like qualities. Consistently overdelivers for the price. “Honestly a great Bourbon”, “Luxurious”, “Big flavor wow factor”, Bourbon Enthusiast Highly Recommended Beverage Testing Highly Recommended Beverage Testing Institute Double Gold Denver Int’l Spirits Competition ‘13

1776 Straight Rye Whiskey #100740 / 750ml / $29.99

Referencing the days of the American Revolution, Georgetown Trading Co. has begun distilling some new James E. Pepper whiskey, as-well-as hand-picking existing, mature barrels from select distilleries with similar grain bills and flavor profiles that match the “Old Style” of original James E. Pepper whiskey. This 100 proof rye is vibrant & full bodied with notes of spice, chocolate, cloves & honey. Gold Medal SF World Spirits Competition 2016 Highly Recommended Beverage Testing Institute 1776 Barrel Proof Rye Whiskey #874074 / 750ml / $36.99 Full Flavored; deep notes of mint, spice, cloves, eucalyptus, chocolate, & honey. The same exact whiskey as in the standard award winning 100 proof version, only straight from the barrel 100 Proof - Not Chill-Filtered - Over 38% Rye in the Mash Bill. Rich Bourbon Sweetness & Rye Spice; vanilla, honey, cloves, & chocolate. Perfect in an Old Fashioned cocktail 1776 Sherry Cask Finished Straight Rye #852794 / 750ml / $44.99 / LIMITED Finished in Pedro Ximenez & Oloroso Sherry Casks. Rich flavor and subtle complexity; notes of dark chocolate, A gifted politician, Henry Clay (1777 - 1852) famously used to ship barrels of whiskey from the Oscar Pepper Distillery to the Willard Hotel on each journey to Washington for use in his diplomatic efforts. After his death, the Henry Clay Distillery was built in Lexington, Kentucky in 1869, only to be destroyed by fire a few years later. The distillery was later acquired and rebuilt by the then famed distiller, Col. James E. Pepper, the son of Oscar, and renamed the James E. Pepper Distillery. Although renamed, the distillery continued to also bear the original name of the Henry Clay Distillery and produced Henry Clay Rye Whiskey. This 86-proof whiskey is over 90% rye in the mash bill, and has subtle notes of mint, clove, eucalyptus, and honey. It’s perfect for rye cocktails 1776 Straight Bourbon Whiskey #579290 / 750ml / $29.99 / LIMITED raisins, molasses, fruitcake and rye spice. Old Henry Clay Rye Whiskey 86pf #975364 / 750ml / $23.99

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