Celebrate the holidays with Blue Run’s “12 Days of Bourbon” Single Barrels. Blue Run will release bottles from one barrel per day for 12 days starting Wednesday, December 1st at 3:00 EST every day. Each bottle comes in a limited edition, handmade wooden box.
December 1: Red Hot Lollipop
- TASTING NOTES: Light brown sugar and saltwater taffy lead to strawberries and red-hot candies with a finish of honey crisp apples. PROOF: 117.6 YIELD: 201 bottles
December 2: Island Spice Cake
- TASTING NOTES: Granola and ripe banana introduce a mid-palate sweet and salty trail mix and caramelized apples finishing with anise and oak. PROOF: 116.1 YIELD: 210 bottles
December 3: Summer Melon
- TASTING NOTES: A hint of watermelon rind gives way to hard cherry candy ending with charred oak. PROOF: 113.6 YIELD: 173 bottles
December 4: Peanut Butter & Banana
- TASTING NOTES: A peanut butter and banana sandwich with deep, dark brown sugar finished with nutmeg and a kick of heat. PROOF: 115.7 YIELD: 177 bottles
December 5: Holy Honey!
- TASTING NOTES: Sweetened honey almond cereal and honey bun cake with a lingering finish. PROOF: 116.3 YIELD: 224 bottles
December 6: Chocolate Chip Granola Bar
- TASTING NOTES: Chocolate chip granola bar and orange marmalade lead the way followed by a warm, toasted oak finish. PROOF: 117.6 YIELD: 209 bottles
December 7: Holiday Fruit Basket
- TASTING NOTES: A combination of orange blossom, lemon and a bit of maraschino cherry in the middle ending in a sprig of mint. PROOF: 116.2 proof YIELD: 216 bottles
December 8: Breakfast Bourbon
- TASTING NOTES: Savory honey buttered wheat toast and kettle corn leading to grape jelly finishing with mild black pepper and lightly toasted oak. PROOF: 116.6 YIELD: 220 bottles
December 9: Blueberry Pie
- TASTING NOTES: Dark brown sugar and blueberry bubble gum on the nose leading to burnt sugar with new leather and a warm, dry oak finish. PROOF: 116.2 YIELD: 222 bottles
December 10: Apples & Cinnamon
- TASTING NOTES: Baking spice on the nose met by the mellowed-out taste of apples cooked in butter and brown sugar, ever-so-slightly caramelized and ready to pour into a pie before baking. Pronounced cinnamon to finish. PROOF: 117.3 YIELD: 220 bottles
December 11: Chestnuts Roasting
- TASTING NOTES: Pronounced nutty aroma of chestnuts followed brûléed citrus joined by a pop of heat on the back end to warm you all the way through. PROOF: 116.9 YIELD: 217 bottles
December 12: Sauvignon Blanc
- TASTING NOTES: Cooked peaches and simple syrup on the nose followed by golden raisins and a Mutsu apple, vanilla, and dry oak finish. PROOF: 116.5 YIELD: 218 bottles
BONUS RELEASE: December 12:
- Cask Strength Rye Gift Packs – one bottle of holiday cask strength rye and two neat glasses created in collaboration with Aged & Ore in a limited edition, handcrafted gift box.
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