Respect the past
Shape the future.
The Awards
Double Gold Medal and Gold Medal winner at the 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Up In Smoke
One night, the warehouse where the illicit liquor was stored burned to the ground. Oddly, for a building filled with alcohol, the fire lasted only a matter of hours, leading many to suspect the entire Kentucky Owl® stock had been whisked away by organized crime to fuel their booming speakeasies.
The Owl® Is Reborn
A hundred years later, the great, great-grandson of C.M Dedman revived the family business and set about blending a bourbon worthy of the Kentucky Owl® name. Six years of rigorous research and experimentation lead to the first new whiskey to carry the Kentucky Owl® name and since 2017 a series of unique batches have been produced to much acclaim.
THE WISEMAN™
American Kentucky Straight
Bourbon Whiskey
THE WISEMAN™ Bourbon from Kentucky Owl® is the perfect blend of 4 Kentucky straight bourbons. Caramel, allspice, and citrus notes fill the nose. These lead to similar tastes across the tongue, as the allspice fades, the longer finish presents with caramel and hints of oak.
The Awards
Double Gold Medal winner at the 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
THE WISEMAN™
Kentucky Straight
Rye Whiskey
THE WISEMAN™ Straight Rye is a traditional Rye made with a mash bill of 95% Rye. A spicy nose progresses to the taste, filling the mouth and tickling the tastebuds. The long finish starts as fresh rye bread and moves slowly toward buttered cinnamon toast, ending with just a hint of English walnut.
The Awards
Gold Medal winner at the 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Kentucky Owl®
Confiscated
Kentucky Owl® Confiscated pays tribute to the barrels seized from the Kentucky Owl® distillery before prohibition. On the nose, you’ll experience hints of peach, mature oak, vanilla, and tobacco with aromas of cardamom. The palate fills with spicy oak, peaches and cream, and cinnamon butter while the finish offers herbal notes and lots of spice, rounded off by nutmeg.
Kentucky Owl®
Batch 11
Batch 11 continues the celebrated lineage of barrel proof whiskies that rose Kentucky Owl to fame. Batch 11 opens your eyes with notes of bright citrus, velvety dark chocolate, and sticky toffee. The palate is a welcome mélange of mature oak, allspice, honeyed bread, and deep cinnamon. The finish is long with toasted oak, sultana, peppercorn, and fresh thyme.
Kentucky Owl®
St. Patrick’s Edition - Limited Release
The Kentucky Owl St. Patrick’s Limited Edition is a blend of Kentucky Straight Bourbons varying in age from 4 – 8 years old each coming in with their own unique flavor characteristics.
Rich caramel and vanilla from some more rare well aged Bourbons. Spice and fruit from Bourbons with a higher rye content, and a feel of sweetness and citrus from Wheated Bourbon. All carefully mingled to bring out a robust, well balanced Bourbon experience.
THE WISEMAN™
American Kentucky Straight
Bourbon Whiskey
THE WISEMAN™ Bourbon from Kentucky Owl® is the perfect blend of 4 Kentucky straight bourbons. Caramel, allspice, and citrus notes fill the nose. These lead to similar tastes across the tongue, as the allspice fades, the longer finish presents with caramel and hints of oak.
The Awards
Double Gold Medal winner at the 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
THE WISEMAN™
Kentucky Straight
Rye Whiskey
THE WISEMAN™ Straight Rye is a traditional Rye made with a mash bill of 95% Rye. A spicy nose progresses to the taste, filling the mouth and tickling the tastebuds. The long finish starts as fresh rye bread and moves slowly toward buttered cinnamon toast, ending with just a hint of English walnut.
The Awards
Gold Medal winner at the 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Kentucky Owl®
Confiscated
Kentucky Owl® Confiscated pays tribute to the barrels seized from the Kentucky Owl® distillery before prohibition. On the nose, you’ll experience hints of peach, mature oak, vanilla, and tobacco with aromas of cardamom. The palate fills with spicy oak, peaches and cream, and cinnamon butter while the finish offers herbal notes and lots of spice, rounded off by nutmeg.
Kentucky Owl®
Batch 11
Batch 11 continues the celebrated lineage of barrel proof whiskies that rose Kentucky Owl to fame. Batch 11 opens your eyes with notes of bright citrus, velvety dark chocolate, and sticky toffee. The palate is a welcome mélange of mature oak, allspice, honeyed bread, and deep cinnamon. The finish is long with toasted oak, sultana, peppercorn, and fresh thyme.
Kentucky Owl®
St. Patrick’s Edition - Limited Release
The Kentucky Owl St. Patrick’s Limited Edition is a blend of Kentucky Straight Bourbons varying in age from 4 – 8 years old each coming in with their own unique flavor characteristics.
Rich caramel and vanilla from some more rare well aged Bourbons. Spice and fruit from Bourbons with a higher rye content, and a feel of sweetness and citrus from Wheated Bourbon. All carefully mingled to bring out a robust, well balanced Bourbon experience.
Old Batches
Batch #1
Released: September 2014
1250 BOTTLES
118.4 PROOF / 59.2 % ABV
Heavily reliant on the Char 5 and Char 6 barrels for a full-flavored, spicy bourbon. Rich in consistency, and a blast of cinnamon on the finish.
Batch #2
Released: September 2015
1360 BOTTLES
117.2 PROOF / 58.6 % ABV
The nose has corn, sweet cedar, and a spicy oak character. Rich and creamy on the front of the palate gives way to spice on the end and a hint of the cinnamon.
Batch #3
Released: December 2015
206 BOTTLES
107.8 PROOF / 53.9% ABV
The nose is light, sweet, and creamy. Notes of oak, slight cinnamon, and hints of barbecue. It initially tastes higher in proof than it actually is, and with a touch of water, becomes mild and rich.
Batch #4
Released: December 2015
212 BOTTLES
116.8 PROOF / 58.4 % ABV
Soft nose that smells of caramel. Light, rich, and creamy. Initial sweetness is very much there but finishes with nice barrel spice
Batch #5
Released: December 2015
194 BOTTLES
108 PROOF / 54 % ABV
Heavy and rich nose. Maple syrup and butterscotch candy is there. A touch of graphite and charred oak. Syrupy and sweet on the front of the palate.
Batch #6
Released: September 2016
1634 BOTTLES
111.2 PROOF / 55.6 % ABV
Nose brings to mind caramel, oak, charred oak. Some deep leather – saddle leather. Some tobacco too – sweet pipe tobacco. Deep molasses notes. Hints of cinnamon-y cobbler crust.
Batch #7
Released: August 2017
BOTTLES: 2,535
118 PROOF / 59% ABV
Nose has notes of caramel toffee, sweet char, crème brulee, cinnamon, vanilla and apple. Bright initial rich caramel sweetness. Finish is lingering spice with deep oak notes.
Batch #8
Released: July 2018
BOTTLES: 9,051
121 PROOF / 60.5% ABV
The nose has apple, cinnamon, warm cobbler crust, nutmeg, caramel, vanilla pudding pop, red pepper, spiced apple cider and cinnamon.
Batch #9
Released: October 2019
127.6 PROOF / 63.8% ABV
Batch #9 has a great complex sweetness of fruit and creamy notes across the front palate, then crawls back to some more significant oak notes in the middle, before the spice of the finish spreads across the back of the palate."
Straight Rye #1
Released: September 2017
11 YEARS OLD
110.6 PROOF / 55.3% ABV
The nose on this rye has elements of sweet pine, honey, nougat, vanilla, cloves and lavender. Oaky undertones, subtle cedar saw dust or fresh split cedar. "
Straight Rye #2
Released: June 2018
11 YEARS OLD
101.8 PROOF / 50.9% ABV
The nose has notes of honey, cinnamon and warm cinnamon rolls from the oven. Strawberry jam. Combination of rich sweetness and baking spices. "
Straight Rye #3
Released: August 2019
10 YEARS OLD
114 PROOF / 57% ABV
Batch #3 is a 114 proof Rye with its major component of the flavor profile being the 10 year old stock. It has a much richer, thicker, syrupy mouthfeel, and really brings the blend forward on the palate.