The Story
Seems like lately we’ve been reviewing bottles that gained cult fame status on Instagram. Spoiler alert: this is another.
We hadn’t heard anything about this brand before seeing it pop up on our IG newsfeed. Sadly, that was the only way we could learn more about the brand since they didn’t distribute to our state (and I believe that remains true today). So there we were, watching our friends pop Kings County bottles while we waited for more craft brands to make it to our state. We’re still waiting on so many more.
But eventually we hit pay dirt when a trip down to the Bluegrass State proved to be the providence we needed to get our grubby hands on a bottle. Needless to say we were rather excited to acquire one – even though it was probably a year after Kings County hit the IG scene hard.
According to their website, Kings County Distillery is New York City’s oldest and largest whiskey distillery, in addition to being the first since Prohibition.
For their Straight Bourbon expression they utilize 80% New York corn and 20% English Golden Promise barley, which is then double pot stilled and aged in new charred oak barrels for anywhere from 3-6 years. The bottle is 90 proof.
So let’s get into this one and see how it tastes.
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