Atlanta’s Shortbarrel craft spirits brand has released its flagship offering, Shortbarrel Four Grain Straight Bourbon.
The four-to-five-year-old wheated bourbon was blended from two Kentucky whiskies by Shortbarrel Co-Founder and Master Blender Clinton Dugan.
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SHORTBARREL FOUR GRAIN BOURBON
Tasting notes (from the distillery): “Delivers a nose of caramel, vanilla and honeyed grains followed by warm baking spice, toasted oak, and a touch of malt. The palate is full and rounded with corn sweetness and creamy wheat balanced by the rye’s gentle spice and barley’s soft chocolate note. The whiskey then reveals itself with hints of brown sugar and citrus peel. The finish is smooth and has lingering notes of caramelized oak, vanilla bean and a final whisper of pepper and toasted grain.”
Age: 4-to-5-year-old wheated bourbon
Sources: Barrels from both Wilderness Trail (64% corn, 24% wheat and 12% malted barley) in Danville, Kentucky and Green River (70% corn, 21% rye and 9% malted barley) in Owensboro, Kentucky.
Final mash bill: 65% corn, 3% rye 20% wheat, and 12% malted barley.
SRP: $39.99,
Availability: “Shortbarrel is now shipping its signature expression to 47 states across the U.S. via shortbarrelbourbon.com. The bourbon is also available in bars and retail locations across Georgia, Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee, and Texas.
(Source: Shortbarrel)
“Our deep relationships, resources and the state of the American whiskey industry have given us access to some of the most impressive barrels on the open market. This allows us to select from only the best of the best when blending our whiskies, while also making them affordable enough for everyone to have an exceptionally high-quality, go-to everyday bourbon.”
About Shortbarrel
(From the company) Atlanta-based Shortbarrel is one of the fastest-growing independently owned craft spirits brands in the Southeast, founded in 2020 when friends Adam Dorfman, Clinton Dugan and Patrick Lemmond turned their love of whiskey into much more than a passion project. The company consists of two core businesses: Shortbarrel is an award-winning, nationally available American Whiskey brand; and Old Fourth Distillery, which was acquired in 2023, is a legendary, hyper-local brand featuring white spirits and specialty whiskeys with a true hometown flare. The company is built on a simple belief: the future of American Whiskey belongs to brands that blend authenticity, transparency and relentless innovation with real, measurable performance.
