Smoke Wagon Products Available

We continue to get closer to a Smoke Wagon barrel! But, in the meantime, we just added two new products from Nevada H&C Distilling Co. Their MGP sourced bourbon's continue to be heavily sought after. Because of that, we're offering first access to Bourbonr Pro members. 

Yes, Smoke Wagon is a sourced product. Aaron seems to have an incredible palate for blending. The products they're putting out are noticeably better than other MGP sourced brands. It helps that the bottle is beautiful as well! Make sure to check out Aaron on Instagram as he tastes and blends their barrels. It's interesting to see a "behind the scenes" look at how they operate.

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Smoke Wagon Uncut Unfiltered Bourbon

Blending vintages of our high rye mash bill to achieve this flavor profile at 115-116 plus proof was a very rewarding challenge for us. There is a delicate balance between creamy mouthfeel, tannins and sugars that comes into play that makes the end result magical. Older vintages have more evaporation which means a higher concentration of fats and sugars per ounce which gives them a nice creamy mouthfeel as well as caramel and honey goodness. They also have more tannins because alcohol has been in contact with the wood for longer. A lot of what some perceive as alcohol burn is actually a harshness due to tannins. This can counterbalance the benefit gained by the high concentration of lipid esters insulating your pallet from alcohol heat. There needs to be enough of the older bourbon for the oak flavors and mouthfeel, but also some younger ones to cut back on the tannins and bring in some delicate fruit and caramel flavors.

Smoke Wagon Small Batch Bourbon



Our high rye content bourbon is aged in the heart of a century-old  brick warehouse. To ensure a unique and consistent flavor, barrels are hand selected to create a perfect blend that is smooth and at the same time bold and intense.

Released in 2016, our goal was to create a unique  great tasting high rye content bourbon.  

The problem is that rye ages much faster than corn.

So while our younger vintages had a big rye spice flavor (which we love) the mouth feel was too thin and it lacked the sweet, delicate complexity of a well aged spirit.  Our older vintages had the  smoothness and sweet notes that can only be achieved  by moving in and out of #4 char and caramelized oak for many, many years, but the nice rye spice had been aged out!