K.LUKE Small Batch Barrel Strength Bourbon Batch 12

K.LUKE Small Batch Barrel Strength Bourbon Batch 12

Regular price $109.99 Sale

Proof: 117.4 proof

Bottled : 6/30/25

Total Batch: 10 barrels

Tasting Notes: Wow, this just may be the best nose of a K. Luke bourbon we’ve had so far. Juicy and ripe peaches to buttery peach cobbler and vanilla bean ice cream. Lime ring gummies, grape cotton candy, seductive caramel sauce and worn leather with antique oak. Just a beauty.

The palate has underlying notes of luxardo cherry and torched lemon peel but primarily drives with fresh pecan pralines, dark chocolate, mature oak, and lemon pepper seasoning. It’s sweet, but not too sweet, giving particular highlight to its deep, rounded mouthfeel. 

The finish tapers with worn leather and antique oak while holding on to dark chocolate, nougat, expressed citrus oils and mixed spices.

About the product: This small batch blend is created by sourcing from several different distilleries in Kentucky and Indiana with different mash bills up to 36% rye and a variety of ages.

This allows the focus to be on building multilayered and exciting blends instead of the individual components used to create each blend.

Awards: Barrel Strength Bourbon 2024 Awards

  • San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold, 95 Points
  • SIP Awards - Gold, Consumers’ Choice
  • ASCOT Awards – Platinum and Gold
  • John Barleycorn Awards - Double Gold and Gold
  • New York World Wine & Spirits - Double Gold
  • Fred Minnick #53 American Whiskey of 2024
  • UPROXX #56 Bourbon of 2024

About K.Luke Whiskey: K.LUKE Whiskey Company small batch blends are created by sourcing from several different distilleries in Kentucky and Indiana with different mash bills up to 36% rye and a variety of ages. This allows the focus to be on building multilayered and exciting blends instead of the individual components used to create each blend. Jonathan creates several blends based off his notes and ratings of their barrel inventory, then all blends are run through several rounds of blind tastings with blends being adjusted one barrel at a time by taste (Jonathan and Jennifer do all the blind tastings) until a favorite is decided for bottling. 

This is The Spirit Of Blending.

K.LUKE Whiskey Company owner and master blender Jonathan Maisano made his first single barrel trip to Kentucky in the summer of 2014.  Since then, he has tasted over 1,600 barrels and selected more than 400 to be deemed as Maisano Hand Select Single Barrels for retail.  Jonathan is also a first level certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers.  He uses this extensive sensory training when evaluating aroma and flavor profiles in whiskey barrels as there are many similar traits in both wine and whiskey when searching for nuances. 

Proof: 117.4 proof

Bottled : 6/30/25

Total Batch: 10 barrels

Tasting Notes: Wow, this just may be the best nose of a K. Luke bourbon we’ve had so far. Juicy and ripe peaches to buttery peach cobbler and vanilla bean ice cream. Lime ring gummies, grape cotton candy, seductive caramel sauce and worn leather with antique oak. Just a beauty.

The palate has underlying notes of luxardo cherry and torched lemon peel but primarily drives with fresh pecan pralines, dark chocolate, mature oak, and lemon pepper seasoning. It’s sweet, but not too sweet, giving particular highlight to its deep, rounded mouthfeel. 

The finish tapers with worn leather and antique oak while holding on to dark chocolate, nougat, expressed citrus oils and mixed spices.

About the product: This small batch blend is created by sourcing from several different distilleries in Kentucky and Indiana with different mash bills up to 36% rye and a variety of ages.

This allows the focus to be on building multilayered and exciting blends instead of the individual components used to create each blend.

Awards: Barrel Strength Bourbon 2024 Awards

  • San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold, 95 Points
  • SIP Awards - Gold, Consumers’ Choice
  • ASCOT Awards – Platinum and Gold
  • John Barleycorn Awards - Double Gold and Gold
  • New York World Wine & Spirits - Double Gold
  • Fred Minnick #53 American Whiskey of 2024
  • UPROXX #56 Bourbon of 2024

About K.Luke Whiskey: K.LUKE Whiskey Company small batch blends are created by sourcing from several different distilleries in Kentucky and Indiana with different mash bills up to 36% rye and a variety of ages. This allows the focus to be on building multilayered and exciting blends instead of the individual components used to create each blend. Jonathan creates several blends based off his notes and ratings of their barrel inventory, then all blends are run through several rounds of blind tastings with blends being adjusted one barrel at a time by taste (Jonathan and Jennifer do all the blind tastings) until a favorite is decided for bottling. 

This is The Spirit Of Blending.

K.LUKE Whiskey Company owner and master blender Jonathan Maisano made his first single barrel trip to Kentucky in the summer of 2014.  Since then, he has tasted over 1,600 barrels and selected more than 400 to be deemed as Maisano Hand Select Single Barrels for retail.  Jonathan is also a first level certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers.  He uses this extensive sensory training when evaluating aroma and flavor profiles in whiskey barrels as there are many similar traits in both wine and whiskey when searching for nuances.