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Keeper's Heart American Pot Still Whiskey

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The American whiskey landscape has never been more crowded. Every year brings a wave of new brands, experimental finishes, and creative mash bills, all competing for attention on increasingly crowded shelves. Yet every so often a bottle arrives with a story that feels genuinely different.  Keeper's Heart American Pot Still Whiskey is one of those bottles. While the label may be familiar to whiskey enthusiasts who have followed Keeper's Heart since its launch, this release represents something entirely new for the Minneapolis-based distillery. Rather than blending sourced whiskey from multiple origins, American Pot Still Whiskey is the first expression distilled entirely in-house by O'Shaughnessy Distilling Co. More importantly, it serves as a statement of purpose from a distillery seeking to bridge the traditions of Irish and American whiskey making. At the center of that vision is Brian Nation, a name that carries considerable weight in the whiskey world.  Before joining O...

Hogsworth Blend #9 Bourbon Whiskey & Armagnac

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We love deliciously unusual collaborations and unique products.  This collaboration is a marriage of Bourbon Whiskey and Armagnac from Raj Peter Bhakta.   Why do you know that name?  Bhakta revolutionized rye whiskey with the WhistlePig  brand before discovering a literal treasure trove of Armagnac.  The Armagnac lead to the popular BHAKTA Spirits  brand, which eventually lead to this union that is now Hogsworth .   This non-distilling producer is expertly crafting really tasty and fun-to-drink bottles and this is the  Hogsworth Blend #9 Bourbon Whiskey & Armagnac .  This bottle has an average age of 9.3 years and is made up of the following impressively aged spirits: 2009 Bourbon (42%) - Aged 4 years, 9 months - Tennessee 2009 Bourbon (18%) - Aged 5 years, 4 months - Minnesota 2013 Armagnac (17%) - Aged 11 Years - France 2011 Armagnac (18%) - Aged 13 Years - France 1982 Armagnac (5%) - Aged 42 Years - France The result?  B...