Garrison Brothers - Laguna Madre Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey 2026

Laguna Madre, a limited release, 101-proof Legendary Texas Bourbon, is aged eight years in American and French Limousin oak, offering an unparalleled creamy and complex flavor.

It is our great pleasure to introduce you to Garrison Brothers Laguna Madre, Texas straight bourbon aged four years in white American oak barrels and then finished four more years in rare Limousin oak casks. These French barrels are true works of art—highly sought-after, allocated, and incredibly expensive to boot. Toasting this majestic oak activates unforgettable flavors of woody vanilla, sweet candy cacao, and thick, white chocolate that you won’t soon forget.

The creamy finish of this bourbon is both sensuous and aromatic, like the endorphin-fueled natural high one feels in one’s soul while spending a beautiful day away from all the daily stresses life has to offer…perhaps under early afternoon sunlight, on the first day of spring, when the Laguna Madre shines forth like an azure band of aquamarine beckoning all to come out and play.

So, what is a Limousin oak-immersed straight bourbon? Starting in 2014, our Master Distiller Donnis Todd selected Kelvin Cooperage 25-gallon barrels from our barns that had been originally filled with 114 proof White Dog. These barrels were selected due to hints of white chocolate, vanilla bean, hazelnut, brown sugar, mocha, and—critically important—a unique creamy mouthfeel like almond butter.

The liquid was entered into eight custom-coopered Radoux 225 Liter French oak barrels that had a specific “vanilla” toast, referred to by Radoux as a medium plus toast, with toasted heads. The French oak was a medium grain density. Limousin oak (quercas petraea) from the central forests in France is prized for its vanillin and tylose lignin content. Trees from the forest can only be harvested when they are 120 years of age or older. As such, harvest quantities are limited.