Garrison Brothers Distillery has unveiled its 2025 Guadalupe bourbon, a limited-edition whiskey completed in port wine barrels that may assist Texas coastal preservation efforts by means of a particular cask energy launch.
Fifth Annual Whiskey Launch Options Port Cask End
The Hye, Texas-based distillery will launch roughly 8,600 bottles of its Guadalupe Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey, with the primary 1,000 obtainable at a July 12 distillery occasion. The 107-proof bourbon undergoes a particular getting old course of, spending 4 years in white American oak casks adopted by two years in tawny port casks.
This yr marks a big addition to the Guadalupe line. Garrison Brothers will supply 1,000 bottles of Guadalupe Cask Power Single Barrel at proofs starting from 123.9 to 129.8, priced at $219.99. The distillery will donate $50 from every cask energy bottle bought to Gulf Belief, a conservation group targeted on Texas coastal resilience.
“Water makes the whiskey. Guadalupe 2025 is daring and exquisite—formed by Hye’s wild Texas temperature swings, then proofed with rainwater we harvest on our 68-acre ranch,” says Donnis Todd, Grasp Distiller at Garrison Brothers.
The official tasting notes describe the bourbon as that includes berry fruit, ripe plums, strawberry butter on flaky morning biscuits, toasted espresso bean notes, chocolate, and cinnamon. Every bottle is numbered and hand-dipped in copper-colored wax.
Conservation Partnership Hyperlinks Whiskey Manufacturing to Texas Waters
The partnership with Gulf Belief highlights the connection between Texas rivers and coastal well being. The group, incubated by Texas Parks and Wildlife Basis, develops science-based options for Gulf Coast preservation.
The usual Guadalupe 2025 launch carries a advised retail worth of $149.99 and will likely be obtainable nationwide by late July. The expression has earned recognition in spirits competitions, with the 2024 model receiving Platinum and Spirit of the Yr honors on the San Diego Worldwide Wine and Spirits Problem.
Garrison Brothers, established in 2006 as Texas’s first authorized bourbon distillery, produces all expressions from grain to glass at its Hill Nation facility. The distillery makes use of Texas-sourced corn, mushy pink winter wheat, and barley in its candy mash recipe.
The Guadalupe undertaking started in 2015 when the distillery acquired port casks from a neighborhood vineyard to age four-year-old bourbon. Grasp Distiller Todd subsequently expanded the port cask program, resulting in the present annual releases.
