Resilient Bourbon - The American Spirit
Resilient straight bourbon whisky barrels are hand-picked single barrels of quality.
We are looking for barrels that are well balanced with grain and wood. Barrels that really shine and bring some great flavors to the nose and palate. We enjoy finding these barrels, bottling them up and bringing them forward to our friends and community of whisky enthusiasts.
The label contains all the information one would want. The 53 gallon newly charred American oak barrels, where it’s bottled, barrel #, bottle #, distilled on date, bottled on date, proof and mash bill.
Quality bourbon, being transparent in the process with all the relevant information and bottled with enthusiasm, is our formula to being resilient in the ever changing times!
BOTTLED IN BOND
Bourbon (Indiana)
Aged in newly charred American oak 53 gallon barrels and bottled in bond. Char #4.
Distilled in Indiana. Bottled up in Stanford, KY. Bottled in bond at 100 Proof, 50% alc/vol after 4 years aging.
Mash bill 60% corn, 36% rye, 4% barley.
The nose has aromas of buttery toffee bar with poached pear and vanilla syrup, caramel wafer, candied cinnamon, and clove. On the palate, fruit dominates with spice underneath, making for a perfectly balanced bourbon. The finish is balanced and layered with sweet and spice slowly drifting away.
Resilient Bottled in Bond barrels are hand selected and bottled up in very small batches of maybe four barrels at a time. The High Rye mash bill 60/36/4 from MGP has a complexity to it, an extra dimension of depth that brings a viscosity to the mouth feel and wide range of flavors to the palate.
Resilient Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
2 oz. Resilient Bottled-in-Bond Straight Bourbon Whisky
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 tsp simple syrup
Process
Add all ingredients to a rocks glass over ice. Stir until chilled and enjoy.
SINGLE BARRELS
Bourbon (Indiana)
10 Years Old
Aged in newly charred American oak 53 gallon barrels and bottled up one barrel at a time.
Distilled at MGP in Indiana. Bottled up in Stanford, KY. Char #4
Mash bill 60% corn, 36% rye, 4% barley
Barrel #239
54.96% ABV
Distilled 05/31/2015. Bottled 01/2026.
191 bottles
On the nose, vanilla encrusted toffee bar sits up front with buttered pear cobbler, as oak flavors support. On the palate, cloves and caramel candy going pear cobbler up front, as oak spice intensifies mid palate, with an undercurrent of vanilla and toffee butter. The finish is lengthy and wonderfully balanced in a slow fade that eventually gives way to lingering oak spice. A dynamic sipper exhibiting depth and balance.
Rye (Indiana)
7 Years Old
Aged in newly charred American oak 53 gallon barrels and bottled up one barrel at a time. Char #4.
Distilled in Indiana. Bottled up in Pembroke, KY. Bottled at Barrel Strength.
Mash bill 95% rye, 5% barley .
Barrel #7
57.87% ABV
Distilled 12/2018. Bottled 01/2026.
185 bottles
On the nose, vanilla fluff and buttered pear lead, as caramel toffee and cardamom pods follow, with oak flavors supporting. On the palate, oak intensifies into savory baking spice alongside rich rye, as buttered pear and vanilla candy support, with caramel and clove underneath. The finish is rich and layered with oak tannins persisting as a slow fade of sweeter elements fade. A classic, oak forward rye.
CASK FINISHES
Bourbon (Tennessee)
Aged in newly charred American oak 53 gallon barrels and finished in Oloroso Sherry Butt, Oloroso Sherry Cask, Tawny Port Cask or Madeira Cask. Bottled up one barrel at a time.
Distilled and aged in Tennessee and finished in Kentucky. Bottled up in Stanford, KY. Bottled at Barrel Strength.
Tawny Port Cask Finished
Barrel #004-2
5 years old
57.65% ABV
Distilled: 10/31/2017. Tawny Port Finished: 10/20/2021. Bottled: 11/8/22.
Mash bill 60% corn, 36% rye, 4% barley
300 bottles
Tawny notes are towards the front here with bourbon providing balance. On the nose, raisin bread, pear butter, butterscotch, herbaceous clove, and star anise. On the palate, jammy raisin and pear notes as caramel and vanilla expand in the background alongside clove and anise. The finish is long and chewy with sweeter elements eventually outlasting a long slow fade of clove, anise, and cardamom.
Brûlée Cask Finished (Maple Syrup Cask)
Barrel #007-1
7 years old.
52.46% ABV
Distilled 08/27/2018. Brûlée Cask Finished 09/28/2023. Bottled 01/2026.
Mash bill 75% corn, 21% rye, 4% barley
203 bottles
On the nose, toasted nuts on caramel coated brioche, with an undercurrent of waxy orchard fruit, and oak spice. On the palate, ripe plumb joins waxy orchard fruits with a slow wave of baking spice as oak supports. The finish is long and unctuous with spice and sweet flavors fading slowly together. An elegant bourbon for sipping neat.