K.LUKE Whiskey Company Batch 15 Barrel Strength Bourbon

Proof: 118 (non-chill filtered)

Bottled: 2/23/26

Age: 8 -12 Years

Total Batch Yield: 10 barrels, 1,703 Bottles

Tasting Notes: The nose begins dense, buttery, and sweet. Elegantly creamy, with initial notes of crème brûlée that give way to raspberry, black cherry, and apricot in a honeyed, softly fragrant package, with just a touch of nougat or French silk pie.

The palate is softly syrupy and feels perfectly balanced. It begins with a candied sweet oak note with a touch of leather, quickly moving into brown sugar simple syrup, alongside a honeyed, almost nectary peach and gummy lime fruitiness. Spice is not the focus here, instead leaning into a refreshing expression of citrus peel that adds a welcome, balancing bitterness.

The finish may be my favorite part, a perfect crescendo of everything that came before: fruit, citrus, and sweetness. A touch of nutty oak carries through a beautifully long, layered finish.

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 Bourbon aged 8-12 years.

Barrel Strength Bourbon Recent Awards:

• Fred Minnick #14 American Whiskey of 2025
• UPROXX #54 Bourbon of 2025
• San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Double Gold, 95 Points
• SIP Awards - Gold, Consumers’ Choice
• ASCOT Awards - Platinum
• John Barleycorn Awards - Double Gold
• New York World Wine & Spirits - Double Gold
• Barleycorn Awards 2024 Blender of the Year

About K.LUKE Whiskey Company: K.LUKE 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 from 8-12 years. 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. 

In 2024 Jonathan was named the Blender of the Year from the Barleycorn Awards.