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H.K. Young - Barrel Strength Toasted Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Batch #3: From Georgia, With Love
As a brand, we have committed ourselves to exploring toasted barrel finishes. We want to find how toasted barrels can influence, alter, and emphasize the aromas and flavors of whiskey. In teaming up with the brilliant people of Independent Stave Company (ISC) we found three types of toasted barrels (for now) that perfectly accomplish our goals:
Heavy Toast American Oak Barrels: Caramelized oak, toasted nuts, hints of dark chocolate, and coffee
Custom Spice Toast, Char #1 American Oak Barrels: Baking spice, subtle char, smoky note, coconut-like character
Medium Toast, Char #1 Hybrid Oak (American/French) Barrels: Vanilla, caramelized sugar, nutty aromas, fresh oak notes
Additionally, each of these barrels was seasoned for extended periods of 18 to 24 months, allowing ample time for oak extraction and oxidative maturation to occur, contributing to textural richness.
Like any good blend, we start with a base. To create the base of our Toasted Barrel Blend (dramatic pause for the “eureka moment”), we develop a custom blend of our bourbons that were finished in these three different toasted oak barrels. It’s quite amazing to discover the different profiles you can create by using whiskey of the same mashbill but finished in three different toasted oak barrels. Once we’ve developed our base blend, we integrate other Kentucky straight bourbon whiskies to layer additional flavors into the blend, creating a final product that is sure to turn you into a believer.
From Georgia, With Love
Aromas of dark honey, ripe fig, and Georgian stone fruit
In the closing days of Cole's year stationed in the country of Georgia, he returned—one last time—to the blending table. “From Georgia With Love” is more than a bourbon; it’s the final chapter of a journey that began before he headed overseas, when Gambit set our toasted barrel tradition in motion.
We pulled once again from the exact same stocks that built Batch #1—a trio of distinct mashbills, married to create the complexity and balance we loved in our first release. But now, each component had one more year of maturity, a patient reflection of the year Cole spent abroad. That extra time deepened the oak, rounded the edges, and layered in new subtleties without losing the structure of the original.
The recipe stays true to Gambit’s blueprint but now delivers added depth. On the nose, dark honey, ripe fig, and Georgian stone fruit lead into baklava-sweet pastry, candied walnut, and spiced caramel on the palate. The finish lingers with sweet oak, tobacco leaf, and a fading echo of black tea, like a final toast shared with comrades before heading home.
“From Georgia With Love” honors a year of commitment, camaraderie, and craftsmanship. A bourbon built on the foundation of our first, yet carrying the quiet wisdom—and warmth—of time well spent.
