Smoke Wagon Desert Jewel Reserve 10 Year Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Named after turquoise, the Nevada state semi precious stone (also called Jewel of the Desert) and like turquoise, this bourbon is rare and there is only a limited amount. They don't believe in rotating barrels. They feel Bourbon is aged best with the barrel racked on its side, and undisturbed. Every time a barrel is rolled around, it breaks char off of the staves. If too much char is floating in the bourbon it can undue the delicate balance of flavors and become too oak heavy. Having barrels rest on their sides ensures that bourbon passes equally through the char, the toasted layer of oak and the raw wood. After 10 years on the fourth floor (the top half of the warehouse) they felt this bourbon was aged to perfection, so the 35 barrels on that floor were pulled and Desert Jewel was created.

Smoke Wagon Desert Jewel Reserve 10 Year Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey Tasting Notes

Distillery Information

Nevada H & C Distilling is the brainchild of Aaron Chepenik and screenwriter Jonathan Hensleigh who have taken a fully hands-on approach to the business. They set up shop in Las Vegas, first opening a bar downtown, The Griffin. One night after sampling some of the offerings at the bar, they were learning what they liked and didn’t and the next step became crystal clear… open their own distillery. They set up shop in Vegas and have been sourcing and producing spirits since 2014. They’ve been working with MGP since the beginning and rather than sourcing barrels they contract distill and take the new-make from their distilling runs and barrel it, age it in Nevada and await the liquid treasure that presents itself.

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