Beyke's Blue 2026 Double Oaked Kentucky Straight Blue Corn Bourbon Whiskey 002

Cask Strength Double Oaked Blue Corn Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Distilled in Owensboro, KY, bottled in Jacksonville, FL

Age: 7-Year 5-months 

Blend: Backset Blend Double Oaked Batch 001; 72-Month Air Dried Stave Zak Cooperage; Unfinished.

Perfected Proof: Cask Strength 125.1 Proof

Mash Bill: 70/21/9 Blue Corn/Rye/Malted Barley

Bottle Count: 552 bottles

Tasting Notes: The nose is vibrant and fruit-forward, with rich caramel sauce, fudge rounds, cedar, and apple tart leading into baked blackberry compote, dried cherries, golden raisins, and freshly baked blueberry pie. Underneath, perfumed and softly smoked mature sweet oak adds depth and warmth.

The palate strikes a confident balance between vivid fruit and mature oak. Blackberry and black raspberry dance across the first sips before becoming enveloped in sweetly charred oak, cherry cola concentrate, and torched custard. The double-oak influence deepens with thin strands of dark chocolate, worn leather, mulled wine, and a lasting impression of oak tannin.

The finish is present and effortless, maintaining a long, buttery linger of deep blackberry jam before lifting with Sugar in the Raw and candied lemon peel. It ultimately settles into sweet leather, soft dark chocolate, and seasoned oak.

Story: My dad used to tell me stories about growing up in western Kentucky and working the farms. That wasn’t my experience—but a few years ago, it all came full circle when I saw a truckload of Beyke Farms corn being delivered to a distillery. It might’ve been a small role, but knowing my family had a hand in the whiskey industry was fascinating.

Fast forward to today: working with Seelbach’s has introduced me to whiskeys from all across the U.S., and one thing I’ve become obsessed with is a specific heirloom grain—blue corn.

I’m excited to introduce a well-aged, well-crafted blue corn whiskey, made right here in Kentucky.