Nose: The sweeter notes of the barley and wheat shine through first followed by lots of mocha, and vanilla. In 2021 Garrison has plans to re-release Laguna Madre, but make it available in broad market.Īppearance: Light maple syrup, with minimal, oily tears. Only a few hundred bottles were released at $1000 donation each, and they were only available at the distillery. The Garrison Laguna Madre was supposed to release to general market this year, but instead they decided to release them as a donation to help raise money for Team Rubicon via their “Operation Crush COVID-19”. Making Bourbon with a mash bill of 74% Corn, 15% Wheat, and 11% Malted Barley, Garrison is a little inherently sweeter I’ve found. But Guadalupe guarantees free flow salivation from start to finish,” adds Dan Garrison, Garrison Brothers founder.Few distilleries have as huge of a cult following as Garrison Brothers out of Hye, Texas does. Garrison Brother’s Guadalupe will be available nationwide beginning August 2021 at retail as well as at finer restaurants and bars. On July 24 th, Garrison Brothers hosted a distillery drive-thru Guadalupe release event for enthusiasts to buy the first bottles of Guadalupe available. Garrison Brothers Guadalupe can be enjoyed anytime over ice, neat, in cocktails, and especially as an after dinner desert experience. Guadalupe’s tasting notes for the sensuous, creamy liquid include a full berry fruit, ripe plums, strawberry butter on flaky morning biscuits, Betty Crocker moist chocolate cake, cinnamon, lavender honey, and toasted coffee beans. He selected 90 thirty-gallon bourbon barrels that had been originally filled in 2015. Todd discovered that the magic maturation combination was four years in white American oak casks and then two additional years in the tawny port casks. These connections are just as special to me as the bourbon we have produced,” said Todd, in a press release. “Over the past decade, we’ve built lasting friendships with great people across the world as we searched for the perfect port barrel. These flavor characteristics have great appeal to a bourbon maker. Older, fine Tawny Ports have an even wider array of subtle flavors including graphite, green peppercorn, hazelnut, almond, butterscotch, and graham cracker. Port is a sweet wine with flavors of raspberry, blackberry, caramel, cinnamon, and chocolate sauce. It’s so unique, in fact, that only Portugal-made Port can carry the identifying term “Porto” on the label. Many are exclusive to Portugal, which makes Port wine from Portugal unique. There are more than 80 grape varieties grown in Portugal’s Douro Valley. He started to connect and work directly with winemakers in Portugal to secure rich and juicy port casks directly from the source. The result: Estacado, a limited 2019 release of port cask-finished Texas straight bourbon whiskey.Īt this same time, Todd then began sourcing for a more expansive port cask bourbon project. Garrison Brothers’ master distiller Donnis Todd aged a 4-year old bourbon in the port casks. Garrison Brothers gave the winery 20 wet bourbon barrels and the winery gave the distillery 20 of its decades-old port casks. Llano Estacado is one of Texas’ oldest and most beloved winemakers. In 2015, Hye-based Garrison Brothers began an exciting collaborative project with local winemaker friends at Llano Estacado in the Texas Panhandle. Guadalupe’s release has been over six years in the making. Guadalupe is a port cask-finished bourbon that will be available year round. Named Guadalupe, to pay homage to one of the state’s most beautiful rivers, the Texas Straight Bourbon is bottled at 107 proof. Garrison Brothers Distillery, the first legal bourbon distillery in Texas, has released a new expression to add to its portfolio.
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