Chattanooga Whiskey’s Founder’s 12th Anniversary Blend is a solera-style whiskey created to commemorate the company's 12th anniversary. The blend is made from whiskeys aged in three distinct charred oak solera barrels. It is distilled in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Lawrenceburg, Indiana. The blend has a mash bill of 12% 1816RES, 60% SB091 and 28% INFINITY. It is aged for more than two years and bottled at 100 proof. The whiskey is filtered without chill filtration and produced in batches of nine to 11 barrels.
Chattanooga Whiskey’s latest Anniversary Blend isn’t the brand’s best release in recent memory, and it never quite punches high enough to be something I’d return to on a weekly basis.
The complexity of the solera blend is mastered in this offering, delivering a near-perfect marriage of individual components into a diverse and deeply enjoyed release.
Bringing together whiskeys from their past and present creates a bourbon that respects their history, but also offers something new and exciting in return.
The Founder's Blend releases exemplify their commitment to pushing boundaries. While this sip started with flavor bursts, I wished they had stuck around for a longer visit.
