Bourbons

Bourbon - at least 51% corn base, 49% distillers choice of other grains, USA distilled at no more than 160 proof, aged nor more than 126 proof in a new charred white oak 53 gallon barrels, 2 minutes to several years. Straight Bourbon Whiskey - aged at least 2 years. For me it is the hardest spirit in the world to master properly. Why is a Top shelf Bourbon so hard to Master? Typically it takes a lifetime of trail and errors to achieve a world class, full flavored, smooth, consistent tasting bourbon. From scratch, literally thousands of critical taste changing choices have to be made. Brief example: What recipe will you make up? Which type of corn, other 49% of grain mix, malt or no malt, which one of the thousands strains of whiskey yeast to use, cooperage char number, fermenting temperatures, types of stills, etc, etc…? When distilled you get only a few times in your life to change your recipe since it takes 2 years for Straight Bourbon whiskey to be aged. 10 changes = 20 years of your distilling life! It seems winning the lottery is easier than making a world class bourbon. But…. somehow we did. This old distiller has passion driven goals, countless prayers, thousands of cuss words. Learning experiences…. my hot rod out running the law - fun, welding and design changes, etc. etc. For now my distilling prayers have been answered. Welcome to our World Class, Triple, Double & Gold Medal Bourbons, Vodkas, Whiskies, Rum & Moonshine spirits. Enjoy!  

A Texas sunset, Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Great Memories.

Les Beasley

Master Distiller, Whiskey Hollow Distilleries