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92Excellent

Starlight Distillery 10 Year Old Bourbon

Bourbon Starlight
  • Distiller

    Starlight

  • Bottler

    Starlight

  • ABV

    60.15%

  • Age

    10 Years

  • Price $200+

Released on July 26, 2025, this is the first 10-year-old bourbon ever released by Starlight Distillery, the Borden, Indiana-based distillery. This bourbon was aged for 10 years in Icône barrels sourced from Napa Valley cooperage Seguin Moreau. Those barrels spent their time aging on the West side of Starlight's Warehouse 2, purportedly the "warmest pocket" of any of its rickhouses. Suggested retail price is set at $250.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 95
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Jacob Kiper
  • Packing 10 years of maturation, Starlight delivers a fantastic bourbon with loads of balanced character.
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  • Raided Score: 94
  • Robb Report
  • By Jonah Flicker
  • The result is fantastic, a rich and layered bourbon that has a surprisingly complex palate.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • Breaking Bourbon
  • By Jordan Moskal
  • Starlight Distillery’s first double-digit aged bourbon is full of flavors that display the extended time the bourbon spent aging on the Huber estate.
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  • Raided Score: 91
  • The Daily Pour
  • By David Morrow
  • A really lovely, distinctive bourbon! This is very tasty stuff.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Rich and inviting on the nose. Buttercream, peach rings, graham cracker, pleasant oak, lemon meringue.

  • Taste:

    Oily mouthfeel. Nicely oaky and really tasty with some heat. Milk chocolate, custard, strawberry, peach, cinnamon, clove.

  • Finish:

    Long finish. Dry tannin wicks the moisture out of the sides of your cheeks as the pour concludes with barrel char, cherry, malted milk balls, French toast, honey, walnut skin, a touch of mint and tobacco.

  • Overall:

    A really lovely, distinctive bourbon! This is very tasty stuff. The $250 price tag makes it difficult to recommend you run to purchase a bottle of this, but it is very good.

  • Score:

    91

  • Disclosure: The producer provided this sample to review free of charge, and without expectation of review or rating.

  • By David Morrow
  • Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources