Limestone Branch’s 2024 Yellowstone Bourbon Release Offers a Double Finish With a Distinctively French Twist
Limestone Branch Distillery announces the annual release of Yellowstone Bourbon Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Created by Limestone Branch Distillery Master Distiller Stephen Beam, the 2024 expression is extra aged, featuring 7-year and 17-year aged bourbons and Beam’s first double finish in French brandy and cognac casks. (Photo: Limestone Branch Distillery)
Limestone Branch announced on Monday the release of its latest Yellowstone Bourbon release: Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Limestone Branch shared that the bourbon features a first-of-its-kind double finish in French brandy and cognac casks.
“The 2024 expression of Yellowstone Limited Edition represents my natural progression of experimenting with special finishes over the years,” said Limestone Branch Distillery Master Distiller Stephen Beam in a statement. “Now, finished bourbons have become sought after by fans who want to push the flavor profile. I love experimenting and exploring new opportunities and using a double finish with brandy and cognac casks created a more complex and nuanced bourbon, opening a whole new experience for consumers to enjoy.”
The brand shared that this bourbon is a blend of 7- and 17-year-old bourbons and clocks in at 101 proof. Ten thousand cases are available, and each bottle hosts a suggested retail price of $99.99. The bourbon will begin hitting shelves in September.
Limestone Branch said in a news release that the brandy and cognac cask finishes offer “nuances from different spectrums of distilled grapes within the same style of spirit.”
The Lebanon, Kentucky distillery appears to be experimenting with different finishes this year; in March, the brand released a bourbon finished in rum casks.
The bourbon was bottled at 100 proof and made from Yellowstone’s proprietary mashbill. The expression spent nine weeks being finished in barrels that held rum distilled from Cuban sugarcane-based molasses. The release was part of Yellowstone’s Special Finishes Collection, which launched in October.
Beam explained the purpose of the collection was to celebrate 150 years of bourbon heritage but keep things “fresh and exciting.”
Yellowstone Limited Edition 2024 Tasting Notes, Via Limestone Branch
Nose: Pear, panela sugar and leather.
Taste: Soft and thickly textured, with American basswood honey, stone fruit and citrus. Coupled with vanilla and caramel.
Finish: Honey, bosc pear and butterscotch.
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