Blackwood Distilling was created in 2020 after co-founder Guinness McPhadden won the 2019 Kentucky Derby with Country House at 65 to 1 odds. McFadden then doubled down, turning Blackwood Farms into Blackwood distilling with the help of the

Justin's of Justin's house of bourbon in Lexington and Louisville. Together they

created a luxury bourbon and rye with a toasted to toasted barrel finish.

Using 7 to 9 year old Kentucky bourbon finished in medium toasted Kelvin

Cooperage barrels, they bottled a barrel strength Kentucky bourbon

that hearkened back to the heyday of Kentucky's spirit in the 50s and 60s,

with a deep creamy body, soft barrel spices, and balance with that iconic hint of vanilla lurking underneath it all.

Oh man, hearkening is definitely one of my favorite things to do.

I love a hearkener.

Mm-hmm. Alongside the bourbon, they also created America's first triple barrel

finished toasted rye whiskey at barrel strength. By using toasted barrels

from Kelvin Cooperage Blackwood created an Indiana rye, blended from five to seven-year-old

barrels like no other, with a deep sense of barrel spice, stewed dark fruits, holiday cakes,

and soft mint with a hint of white pepper warmth.

Mm-hmm.

You know what hearing about a holiday cake in Indiana reminds me of?

Mm.

Did you know when Larry Bird was injured, he would always order a wedding cake from the local bakery and eat the whole thing and his reasoning was no one's going to screw up a wedding cake.

Sure.

Batch four of the bourbon and batch three of the rye,

along with single barrels of each,

are hitting shelves in Kentucky and Florida now and Texas in August

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