Bourbon De Luxe Batch 4 Is Here!

The demand for the first three batches of Bourbon de Luxe has been incredible, so we are excited to be back again with Batch 4 - the first finished bourbon release for the brand.
 
Rolling Fork has supplied Seelbach's with incredible rum barrels for several years. Jordan Morris and Turner Wathen started the Rolling Fork in 2016. Wathen's family has a rich history in bourbon, but their primary focus is rum. With plenty of fake bourbon stories out there, it seemed like a great chance to tell a real one. Started in 1911, Bourbon de Luxe grew in popularity through Prohibition. It was sold to Kentucky’s R.E. Wathen Co. in 1926, where it continued to flourish. Unfortunately, the brand died out in the early 2000s. It's great to resurrect a historic brand. But the bourbon has to match the legendary label.

Bourbon de Luxe Batch 4 marks the brand’s first finished bourbon release, and it’s executed extremely well. The bourbon was aged for seven years in new charred American oak barrels, and was finished for nine months in Rolling Fork rum casks. Bottled without chill-filtration at 111 proof, with fewer than 1,000 bottles produced, this release feels both rare and intentional.
 
For me, a lot of rum-finished whiskeys can lean heavy-handed, but here the finishing strikes a perfect balance. It adds sweetness and depth without overshadowing the base spirit, enhancing drinkability. While the previous batches of Bourbon de Luxe have earned plenty of fans, if you’re drawn to a more rounded, sweet-forward profile, Batch 4 may be the standout of the lineup.
 
The nose brings a juicy and bright tropical fruit medley with plenty of candied orange peel, vanilla cream soda, and a sweet, brown sugar coated oak.
 
The palate follows close to the nose with more tropical leaning, saturated sno-cone syrup sweetness on the front of the tongue, while still giving familiar candied orange, nougat, and milk chocolate on the mid palate like we’ve noticed from Bourbon De Luxe in the past. 
 
The finish lingers with soft baking spices and a sweet florality, but mainly just lovely vanilla cream soda, a hint of orange peel, and sweet, beautiful oak.