Today that pioneering spirit is embodied in the woodford reserve distillery s master s collection series and its latest release cherry wood smoked barley.
Cherry wood smoked barley 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.
In this expression chris morris used malt that been smoked in cherry wood.
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.
The mashbill was comprised of two grains 70 corn and 30 malted barley.
The malted barley used in the mash for this particular expression was dried using the smoke from burning cherry wood.
In recent years woodford reserve has released a malt whiskey that s quite delicious and very approachable for bourbon drinkers with a mashbill of 51 malted barley 47 corn and 2 rye.
Cherry wood smoked barley marks the 12th release in the master s collection series and showcases two unique deviations from bourbon norms.