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Garrison Brothers’ award-winning Girl Chook bourbon shall be launched Could 11.
Texas whiskey haven Garrison Brothers Distillery will launch the second iteration of its award-winning Girl Chook bourbon Could 11, benefitting Austin’s Girl Chook Johnson Wildflower Middle.
First launched in 2023, the restricted expression is Texas honey-infused and completed with cognac. It is aged for 4 years in new white American oak barrels earlier than being infused with Burleson’s Texas Wildflower Honey for a further 8-9 months. It is then transferred into French Cognac XO casks to mature for a further 3 years. It’s bottled at a hefty 114 proof.
Garrison Brothers Grasp Distiller Donnis Todd describes Girl Chook as a “harmonious marriage of honey and cognac flavors.” Girl Chook tasing notes embody freshly reduce grass and candy honey, in addition to refined notes of honey wafers, heat buckwheat pancakes, darkish chocolate-covered cherries, malted milk balls, dried figs and plums.
Impressed by the legacy of its namesake, Girl Chook Johnson, the bourbon goals to honor her dedication to the atmosphere and Texas native wildflowers, Garrison Brothers officers mentioned. For each bottle of Girl Chook bourbon bought, the distillery donates $5 to the Girl Chook Johnson Wildflower Middle, an Austin nonprofit group that focuses on environmental conservation.
This yr’s Girl Chook launch yielded a complete of 7002 bottles. On Saturday, Could 11, the primary 1,000 bottles of Girl Chook shall be out there on a primary come, first served foundation on the distillery, 1827 Hye-Albert Street, beginning at 8 a.m. The remaining 6,002 bottles of Girl Chook shall be out there for on-line buy by mid-Could, and distributed to retail, restaurant and bar accounts nationwide.
Garrison Brothers Distillery was not too long ago within the information celebrating an enormous win on the annual American Craft Spirits Affiliation competitors: its overproof Cowboy Bourbon was deemed the most effective bourbon on this planet on the group’s tenth annual contest. Subscribe to SA Present newsletters.
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