Here at Frontierado international headquarters things are as hectic as you would imagine with the Frontierado holiday coming up on Friday, August 4th. As always, Frontierado celebrates the myth of the old west, not the grinding reality. Balladeer’s Blog is not affiliated with any of the following brands.
These are my four best bourbons for your celebrations this year, starting with my newest addition to the list.
LARCENY BOURBON – Making its debut on the Bourbon Breakdown for Frontierado is this Kentucky Bourbon which meets my usual standard of letting you blow flies out of the air after a swig.
I prefer Barrel Strength at ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE POINT TWO PROOF (123.2 proof).
This whiskey is distilled from 68% corn, 20% wheat, and 12% malted barley. For the next 6-8 years it ages in barrels made from charred American Oak. You can drink it straight or as a mix for your Cactus Jacks.
IRON SMOKE BOURBON – Hunker down with some Iron Smoke Bourbon to help you and yours celebrate Frontierado.
The people at Iron Smoke amusingly call their cask strength bourbon “Casket Strength.” It’s ONE-HUNDRED TWENTY PROOF, making it one of the most potent potables on this list. This bourbon goes with any celebration.
Remember, to be a Frontierado Whiskey it’s got to have incomparable taste PLUS be strong enough to meet the aforementioned standard of letting you blow flies out of the air right after you take a drink.
DEVILS RIVER BOURBON – Here’s one of the brands of whiskey that I like to drink either straight or mixed in my Cactus Jacks: Devils River (1840).
This Texas Bourbon is created with water drawn from Devils River (Devils is plural, so no apostrophe) and is 75% corn, 21% rye and 4% malted barley.
As usual I prefer their Barrel Strength, ranging from 117 proof plus or minus, but naturally you’re free to make your own selections regarding potency.
HORSE SOLDIER BOURBON – The distillers of this whiskey are U.S. veterans.
Horse Soldier Signature Barrel Strength has flavors of caramel, honey, butterscotch, woodiness, cashew and spiced raisin with just a hint of toffee. It carries with it aromas of honey, apples, citrus, toffee and leather.
Needless to say, if Barrel Strength is too much for you, they have other proof levels.
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Familiar with none of these. As I am in the shade of abstinence at the moment, I’m not going to be looking for these the next time I’m out and about left to my own devices. Thanks for the suggestions.
I understand! Hope you’re having a good weekend!
I wish drinking didn’t put me to sleep! I would surely try a few of these. Horse Soldier Bourbon–what a name.
Yeah, I like that name, too. Appropriate for Frontierado’s old west feel AND for the fact that they are U.S. veterans running the distillery. I would have added Leadslinger Bourbon to make it five brands, but Leadslinger can be pretty pricey.
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Thank you, sir!
Anytime
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Such potency!
You know it!
I am not a bourbon drinker myself but I remember years ago at the Christmas party of the company I was working for at the time, my friend went to the (open) bar to get a bourbon. He came back with an amazed expression on his face and a regular drinking glass filled nearly to the top with bourbon, no ice. Apparently the bartender was new or something. Anyway he poured some of the bourbon out for his wife as well as for me and my wife so we could all have some, because anyone who drank that much bourbon in one go would probably end up worshiping the porcelain altar at best and in the hospital at worst …
WOW! That is very dangerous!