North Carolina’s Oaklore Distilling Takes Four Grain Bourbon Nationwide
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Oaklore Distilling, a non-distiller producer (NDP) in Matthews, North Carolina (part of the Charlotte metro area), has announced nationwide release of its flagship Oaklore Four Grain Bourbon. The company’s Four Grain Bourbon embodies the savory characteristics that define Oaklore’s production style and highlights the state’s exemplary aging characteristics.
“It’s tremendously rewarding to the team at Oaklore to see our flagship whiskey take the next steps in its evolution, as we become available nationwide. Being a craft spirits producer is not for the faint of heart, but we feel confident that our bourbon – which perfectly represents the great state of North Carolina – is emblematic of everyone’s desire to see smaller, regionally-produced American Whiskeys make a real go of it,” said Bogan.
Relative to other American Whiskey producing regions, North Carolina’s Piedmont is believed by some to be an ideal climate for barrel maturation. The humid sub-tropical environment minimizes the broad temperature swings seen in Kentucky, Tennessee and other regions, such as Texas, resulting in a more consistent, year-by-year aging process.
Crafted by Oaklore at its sister distilleries in Kentucky and North Carolina, the Four Grain Bourbon is distilled on 24-inch Vendome all-copper column stills using “the big four” American Whiskey grains (corn, wheat, barley & rye). The whiskey combines the best five- to six-year-old barrels of wheated bourbon and rye bourbon mash bills, which are aged separately and are hand-selected and batched together – producing a final mash bill of 72% corn, 11% wheat, 10% rye, and 7% malted barley. This resulting mash bill showcases a rare harmony of grain profiles—each contributing to a layered, complex flavor profile.
Bogan, along with Co-Founder Matt Simpkins, oversees this process and then re-barrels them for additional aging of approximately eight to twelve months in palletized, non-temperature-controlled warehouses in the North Carolina Piedmont, a plateau of gentle hills between the flat Coastal Plain and the state’s majestic mountains. Oaklore uses #2, #3 and #4 char level barrels and multiple cooperages to achieve consistency and a flavorful bourbon that’s not overwhelmed by wood influences.
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