Cherry Wood Smoked Barley Woodford Reserve

Rather than using the natural malted barley used in woodford reserve bourbon master distiller chris morris instead selected malt that had been smoked with cherry wood during the kilning process.

Cherry wood smoked barley woodford reserve.

The malted barley used in the mash for this particular expression was dried using the smoke from burning cherry wood. Here we have the 12th release in the master s collection series from woodford reserve. Woodford reserve master s collection cherry wood smoked barley october 25 2017 for its 2017 limited edition master s collection bourbon the 12th in the series woodford reserve has gone a little bit off the script. Today that pioneering spirit is embodied in the woodford reserve distillery s master s collection series and its latest release cherry wood smoked barley.

The mashbill was comprised of two grains 70 corn and 30 malted barley. In this expression chris morris used malt that been smoked in cherry wood. Not only that while most american bourbons contain around 10 15 malted barley this one contains an impressive 30.