The next expression in the Town Branch Series is the True Cask. This non-age-stated small-batch bourbon has an average age of nearly seven years. The blenders maintain full control over barrel selection, often incorporating older barrels to round out each batch’s profile. This cask strength expression is a small-batch blend of uncut, straight-from-the-barrel whiskey.
Let’s see how well the flavors coalesce, how the heat affects the experience and generally whether the profile just works. This review was done by myself and a combination of three other WBSE members. We felt that this gives the reader a broader view of the whiskey. We will be reviewing two other expressions from Town Branch over the next few weeks. So, stay tuned!
Town Branch said, “Each batch of True Cask Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is individually numbered, capturing the unique purity and character each cask-strength barrel contributes and the proof is called out to the decimal on the each label.”
As you will see in the tasting notes, this is also a stellar whiskey that was first released in 2021!
Town Branch True Cask
Class: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
SRP: $44.99
NAS
Notes:
Nose: 88/100
Rich oak and vanilla dominates. Followed by stone fruits and slight citrus
Palate: 90/100
Nice silky mouthfeel with vanilla, stone fruits and toasted Almonds
Finish: 95/100
A medium finish of oak, stone fruits, vanilla, almonds and a hint of citrus
Overall: 89/100
Recommendation: Absolutely worth buying a bottle, or 2 at this price point.
About Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co. and Town Branch Distillery
(From the distillery) The first era of the Lexington Brewing Co. began in the 1890s and came to a halt during Prohibition, changing ownership several times in the decades that followed. By the time Pearse Lyons and his son, Mark, explored the brewery in 1999, it was a dilapidated shell of what it had once been. However, Pearse was a visionary and entrepreneur and saw only what it could be. Spurred by a passion for brewing and distilling that courses through the Lyons family lineage of Irish coopers, Pearse revived Lexington Brewing Co. and restored a craft beer tradition that dates back to the 1700s Pearse continued to dream big as he set his sights on distilling — a natural progression given his background in fermentation, his family’s heritage and Kentucky’s bourbon tradition. Two copper pot stills that were commissioned from Scotland arrived at Lexington Brewing Co. in 2008. As autumn began to settle in late September 2012, the ribbon was cut on Town Branch Distillery, located across from Lexington Brewing Co., and the doors opened on the first new distillery to be built in Lexington, Kentucky, in more than 100 years. Those gleaming copper pot stills now stand in celebration of timeless traditions and bold imaginations. Visit us here: About - Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co.
Bill Varnell is the Publisher of Whiskey Network® and is the curator of WBSE’s Rickhouse
