Kings County barrel strength straight bourbon is pulled from some of the oldest barrel stocks that we have in inventory now: bourbon barrels aged between two and four years. Because these barrels are stronger and richer, we decided to bottle this release at barrel strength, which varies by batch usually between 115 and 124 proof.
About the Distillery - Kings County Distillery is New York City's oldest operating whiskey distillery, the first since prohibition. Founded in 2010, soon after the creation of a New York State Farm Distillery License, Kings County makes handmade moonshine and bourbon out of the 113-year-old Paymaster Building in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The distillery uses New York grain, traditional processes, and unorthodox distilling equipment to make distinctive whiskey. Our moonshine won Best in Category for corn whiskey at the 2011 American Distilling Institute's Craft Spirits Conference and Kings County's bourbon won a bronze medal at the 2012 Conference.
Our Peated Bourbon has been a huge favorite in our tasting room, and now we finally have enough to release to stores. Bon Appetit included this in their March issue in a roundup of the best craft spirits, and it took home a DOUBLE GOLD medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition as one of the best bourbons available, craft or otherwise. What is Peated Bourbon? It’s bourbon whiskey that conforms to the American requirements but is made with malted barley that has been exposed to peat smoke, a practice more common in Scotch whiskies. So it’s a scotch-like bourbon, flavorful and robust from having aged in a new barrel, with an added light smoky finish reminiscent of single-malt. As far as we know, this is the world's only peated bourbon and will appeal to the adventurous whiskey traveler who has tried everything--except this.
Our Honey Moonshine (or Honeymoon Shine, if you prefer) is Kings County moonshine infused for about six months with full honeycomb frames fromBrooklyn Grange, a rooftop farm a few buildings down from us here in the Navy Yard. The honey infusion is made entirely from the honey, wax and propolis of NYC-residing bees. This whiskey is bottled unfiltered at 40% abv, and each bottle has a little bit of honeycomb residue. While honey may not actually help with your allergies, this whiskey will certainly help you forget them. It is the first release of our new line of seasonal moonshine infusions.