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Templeton Fortitude Bourbon

Bourbon Templeton
  • Distiller

    Templeton

  • Bottler

    Templeton

  • ABV

    46%

  • Age

    NAS

  • Price $30 to $59.99

Fortitude Bourbon, Templeton's inaugural bourbon release and its first onsite distilled offering, is produced in Templeton, Iowa. Its mashbill features local corn, sourced through collaboration with farms within a 15-mile radius of the distillery. Aged in new, charred American oak barrels.

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Aggregated Reviews
  • Raided Score: 80
  • The Whiskey Reviewer
  • By Richard Thomas
  • The finish is light, but lingering, and is really the best part of the experience.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • Drinkhacker
  • By Drew Beard
  • It’s an altogether respectable and enjoyable inaugural house offering from Templeton, and one whose evolution in the coming years we’ll be curious to watch.
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  • Raided Score: 85
  • VinePair
  • By David Thomas Tao
  • What Fortitude does, it does well, with light sweetness and a rare amount of rye grain influence in a bourbon.
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  • Raided Score: 90
  • Paste
  • By Jim Vorel
  • Ultimately, this feels to me like a flagship bourbon that probably needs more time to continue developing.
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  • Raided Score: 80
  • The Daily Pour
  • By David Morrow
  • A solid start for Templeton’s own distillate.
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  • Raided Score: 88
  • The Whiskey Wash
  • By Nino Kilgore-Marchetti
  • Templeton Fortitude Bourbon does a solid job of showing off what Templeton is capable of on the distilling side.
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  • Raided Score: 84
  • Distiller
  • By Stephanie Moreno
  • Overall, a solid bourbon for a moderate price.
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House Review
  • Nose:

    Light, sweet nose. Candy corn, light oak, tiramisu, cinnamon, powdered sugar, corn flakes.

  • Taste:

    Medium mouthfeel. Oak, caramel, cherries, a big pop of orange, frosting and cappuccino. Rye is fairly prominent here.

  • Finish:

    Medium finish. The rye continues. Pepper, clove, powdered sugar, orange, cherry, oak and char.

  • Overall:

    A solid start for Templeton’s own distillate. It’s light and fairly balanced with a big pop of citrus. Some good potential here for sure.

  • Score:

    80

  • 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