
Sweet mash high-rye bourbon crafted with scientific precision
A masterful high-rye Kentucky straight bourbon offered at bottled-in-bond strength for superb depth. It delivers a rich, complex palate of warm baking spices and deep oak char, balanced by sweet, creamy vanilla.
Pecan pie or slow-cooked smoked brisket
Dark chocolate truffles with sea salt
Aged Gouda or sharp Cheddar
Kentucky, USA
Rocks glass
Room temperature (64-70F)
Wilderness Trail was founded in 2012 by fermentation experts Shane Baker and Dr. Pat Heist in Danville, Kentucky. Leveraging their deep scientific background in yeast strains and fermentation, they created a distillery focused on precision, sweet mash mashing, and chemical-free distillation processes.
Distilled and bottled at the Wilderness Trail Distillery in Danville, Kentucky, using a sweet mash process instead of the traditional sour mash. This expression is aged in charred new oak barrels inside their dedicated wood-cladded rickhouses to optimize temperature fluctuations.