Four Roses 实验系列第三款：日本栗木收尾波本，11 月 20 日游客中心发售
Four Roses Uses Chestnut Casks In New Experimental Series Bourbon
Four Roses 宣布实验系列第三款：日本栗木收尾波本。酒厂先以 10 款配方试遍多种木材，栗木最早脱颖而出，最终选定 6 年陈 OBSK 配方，在 250 升日本栗木桶中以不同烘烤程度收尾、各桶达标后单独出桶，酒精度 104 proof（52%），375 毫升装、建议价 55 美元，11 月 20 日起仅在劳伦斯堡与考克斯克里克两家游客中心发售。实验系列首款于 6 月推出，是酒厂首次发售经二次桶陈的波本；第二款以曾陈放 Four Roses 波本桶陈蜂蜜的桶收尾；酒厂确认前三款均探索不同桶陈收尾，后续实验将超出收尾范畴。
Four Roses Distillery has announced Experimental Series No. 003: Chestnut, a limited-edition bourbon finished in barrels made from Japanese chestnut wood. The Kentucky producer will sell the 375ml expression at its Lawrenceburg and Cox’s Creek visitor centers from November 20.
This bottling is the third in the distillery’s Experimental Series. Earlier releases used Mizunara and honey-seasoned casks. No. 002 was finished in casks that previously held Four Roses Bourbon Barrel Aged Honey.
The series opened with No. 001 in June. That release was the first time Four Roses will sell a bourbon that underwent secondary cask maturation.
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For the new release, the team began with trials. These tested how different wood species worked with each of Four Roses’ 10 bourbon recipes. Chestnut stood out early on, so the distillery expanded its tests. It then chose its six-year-old OBSK recipe for the final liquid and finished it in 250-liter chestnut barrels.
“To me, what makes this release so interesting is how chestnut wood can enhance and highlight the flavors of a bourbon,” said master distiller Brent Elliott. “We explored a number of different wood types in our initial trials, and chestnut stood out for the unique character it brought to the spirit.”
He continued: “The OBSK recipe had the complexity and spice we were looking for to complement those flavors, creating a bourbon that feels familiar in its foundation but offers new, distinct flavors in the glass.”
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To make the whiskey, the team moved mature bourbon into chestnut barrels with a range of toast and char levels. Staff sampled each barrel often and emptied each one on its own once it reached the target flavor.
The bourbon is bottled at 104 proof (52% ABV). According to the official notes from the brand, the nose shows rich apricot and soft vanilla.
On the palate, the brand lists vanilla bean, pear and ripe cherry, with toasted wood and baking spice. The finish brings delicate fruit and brown sugar.
Each bottle costs $55 (£41 / ₹5,230).
Elliott previously called the series “an exciting new chapter for us”. Four Roses has confirmed that the first three releases will explore different cask finishes. Later experiments will move beyond finishing into other aspects of whiskey production.
Founded in 1888, Four Roses combines two mashbills with five proprietary yeast strains. More details are available on the Experimental Series page.
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