Lexington Brewing & Distilling Launches New Small Batch Bourbon

Kentucky’s sole “brewstillery,” Lexington Brewing & Distilling (also known as Town Branch Distillery and Lexington Brewing Co.) has a new release: Town Branch Imperium MMXXIV Kentucky Straight Bourbon. This special annual release features a new wheated bourbon mash bill, comprising 50% of the blend, along with only the finest barrels hand-selected for this year’s blend. Bottled at 96 proof and non-chill filtered, this limited-release bourbon has a suggested retail price of $119.99 for a 750ml bottle and will be available in select states across the U.S.

With the maturation of a new wheated bourbon mash bill at its prime, the distillery has started actively blending these barrels into the Town Branch lineup—such as Town Branch Overproof Whiskey, which contains 10% Wheated Kentucky Straight Bourbon. They have also been setting aside some of the finest barrels from this mash bill for Imperium. In addition to these wheated bourbon barrels, select barrels from the traditional Kentucky Straight Bourbon mash bill have been collected. Imperium represents an exploration of blending only the best bourbons conscripted from all mash bills to create something truly unique. This bourbon offers a whiskey profile all its own—there are no other Town Branch Bourbons like it. It showcases the best of both worlds, combining sweet wheat with Town Branch’s signature orchard and stone fruit flavors, all blended and bottled at the peak of maturity.

Each year, barrels set aside for Imperium stocks will be carefully reviewed, and the blending of the finest selections will commence. The final product will feature the Roman numerals of the release year and will be offered as an extremely limited 6-10 barrel blend, making it legitimate small batch.

This inaugural release of Imperium is a 50/50 blend of their regular and wheated bourbon:

• Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (72C / 15R / 13B)
  • SN 3397 / Fill Date: September 13, 2016 (Aged 8 years, 2 months)
  • SN 3466 / Fill Date: October 1, 2016 (Aged 8 years, 1 month)
  • SN 3947 / Fill Date: February 12, 2017 (Aged 7 years, 8 months)
• Kentucky Straight Wheated Bourbon Whiskey (70C / 22W / 8B)
  • SN 8630 / Fill Date: March 03, 2018 (Aged 6 years, 7 months)
  • SN 8654 / Fill Date: March 03, 2018 (Aged 6 years, 7 months)
  • SN 8686 / Fill Date: April 24, 2018 (Aged 6 years, 5 months)