Russell's Reserve Bourbon and Wilderness Trail Bourbon - Drammers Single Barrel Picks
Our two newest single barrels are both from the Campari company and are being offered as a bundle. Exclusively available to Members and Observers of Drammers Club.
1 PER PERSON PLEASE
Our two newest single barrels are both from the Campari company and are being offered as a bundle. Exclusively available to Members and Observers of Drammers Club.
1 PER PERSON PLEASE
Our two newest single barrels are both from the Campari company and are being offered as a bundle. Exclusively available to Members and Observers of Drammers Club.
1 PER PERSON PLEASE
EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE TO DRAMMERS MEMBERS AND OBSERVERS
ONE PER PERSON PLEASE
WILD TWO-BOTTLE BUNDLE - Wild Turkey and Wilderness Trail
Always at MSRP, Never Marked Up
Russell’s Reserve Bourbon - Private Barrel Selection - “I Like Bob”
Wilderness Trail - Family Reserve Cask Strength Single Barrel
Our friends at Campari have hooked us up — a single barrel from each of their boubon distilleries, and we don’t need to tell you how hard it is to get a barrel of Russell’s Reserve Bourbon. These were selected by a committee of Drammers Club chapter heads — Bob Brown (Las Vegas), Pat Conaty (St. Louis), Sean Crain (Indianapolis), Mike Epstein (Raleigh/Durham), Yoni Miller (Stamford) and Charlie Prince (Club President), with help from our longtime friend and Drammer Marlon Tulaszewski.
First up was our Russell’s Reserve pick from Wild Turkey. The barrel we selected was distilled Oct. 1, 2014, dumped on May 14, 2024 and bottled on June 11, 2024. Barrel #23-0035, aged in Warehouse TY-K, Floor #4, aged 9 years, 7 months, 13 days. Bottled at 55% abv / 110 proof (as many distilleries do these day — instead of cask strength, they pick a number just below cask strength so they don’t have to refile the label with the TTB for each single barrel). The barrel yielded 186 bottles.
WHY IS THIS SINGLE BARREL NAMED: “I LIKE BOB”? Our barrel pick team met with Bruce Russell at the distillery and after discussing each of the samples we had to choose from, we took a vote — everyone liked the same barrel, with one dissenting vote from Bob, our Las Vegas chapter head. He had narrowed it down to two options — the one everyone else liked, and one other, and he tried to make the case why we should choose the other option, which he thought was more unusual for a Russell’s single barrel pick. Charlie asked the group “What do you guys think of what Bob said, does that change anyone’s mind?” Nobody responded. “Come on guys, somebody say something — Any thoughts on what Bob said?” After a long pause, Yoni responded “Well, I guess all I can say is…… I like Bob”. Ha. So, it was settled — Bob was overruled, but we all agreed, we like Bob, and decided to put it on the label. :)
Next up is our single barrel from Wilderness Trail — barrel no 771648, aged 5 years, 3 months, aged in an ISC (Independent Stave Co.) classic #4 barrel, rickhouse E-N25-10-4, Yeast strain FP1. Wilderness Trail as many of you know specializes in wheated bourbon, which is the case here, and they also use a sweet mash process (so they do NOT use backset from prior distillations in subsequent mashes, unlike most distilleries). Drammers had selected a single cask of Wilderness Trail a couple years ago that was accidentally lost by the distillery (they accidentally used it in a small batch blend, ha, which does happen from time to time). So, this is a barrel we’ve been waiting for for a long time now. The barrel yielded 204 bottles.