Go Huskies! Northern Illinois University Teams Up With Craft Distillery for Co-Branded Bourbon Launch
NIU Athletics announced a collaboration with Whiskey Acres Distilling Co. (Photos: NIU Athletics)
On Monday, Northern Illinois University’s athletics program announced a collaboration with Whiskey Acres, a craft distillery near the University in DeKalb, Illinois.
The co-branded bourbon will launch at an event hosted by Whiskey Acres on Dec. 7. NIU Athletics plans to have head coaches Thomas Hammock (football), Lisa Carlsen (women’s basketball) and Ryan Copeland (baseball) at the event. Vice President and Director of Athletics and Recreation Sean T. Frazier will be at the release party, as well.
The whiskey bottles boast bespoke packaging featuring the school’s signature husky logo. The bourbon is a blend of 4, 5 and 6-year-old whiskeys.
The NIU Huskies have their own whiskey.
The bottles are priced at $57.99, and a $10 portion of each sale will be donated to NIU Athletics.
Whiskey Acres crafts a variety of spirits, including its Bottled in Bond Bourbon. The bourbon is what the brand refers to as its flagship expression, and it earned a Double Gold Medal at the 2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition. With a mashbill of 75% corn, 15% soft red winter wheat and 10% malted barley, the brand claims it was aged for five years and clocks in at 100 proof.
NIU: Home of the Huskies
NIU Athletics hosts a range of teams from wrestling to tennis to its more well-known basketball and football teams. The school also has women’s basketball, soccer volleyball and tennis teams. The Huskies are members of the NCAA Division I’s Mid-American Conference for men’s basketball and football and the Mid-American Conference.
On Monday, the Huskies’ men’s basketball team fell to the Northwestern Wildcats, 89-67.
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