The mighty Garryana oak, native to the Pacific Northwest from northern California to southern British Columbia, is the source of the unique casks used in maturing Doc Swinson’s Exploratory Cask Garryana Oak Finish Bourbon. This wood, which is tricky to cooper and shares structural similarities with French oak but bears richer, darker traits of American white oak, is rarely employed in spirit maturation. The Garryana casks transform the standard caramel and cinnamon notes typically found in bourbon into deeper tones of molasses and clove, underscored by a hint of Kansas City BBQ caramelized on the grill.

108.8 Proof (54.4% ABV)

Limited release

SENSORY NOTES

Nose: Kansas City BBQ smoke, sweet plum sauce

Palate: molasses cookies, confectioners sugar, black tea, and fruit leather

Summary: a little cocoa and fig jam to cling to the tongue

RELEASE No: 23-0004

MASHBILL No. 1: 60% corn, 36% rye, 4% malted barley

MASHBILL No. 2: 75% corn, 21% rye, 4% malted barley

FINISHING & MATURATION:

American Oak Char #4 (200L Cask), 5 years 10 months

Garryana Oak casks (350L cask), 2.5 months