Leopold Bros 5 Year Old Bottled in Bond Bourbon 750ml

  WHY: This is real deal, grain-to-glass, pot-distilled farm Bourbon, aged for five years in the Leopold’s government-bonded warehouse, and it beautifully bridges the gap between the grainy, spice-laden flavors of small production whiskies and the richness and sweetness you expect from your favorite Kentucky Bourbon. It’s impeccably balanced and complex from front to back, finishing very soft and very smooth. HOW: Using 65% local corn, 21% in house-malted barley, and 15% heritage rye, the custom-mash creates a creamy, malty, and very distinct flavor profile, imparted with fruit from the open-top, native yeast, cold fermentation that coaxes out every enticing flavor over 120 hours, more than twice the fermentation time of many other producers. The Bourbon is also pot-distilled, rather than column distilled, so the whiskey truly tastes more like the mash itself than the new charred oak it was aged in. WHAT: Todd and Scott Leopold originally built their distillery in Ann Arbor, Mi