"What we're drinking: King of Kentucky Small Batch, a new limited-edition, three-bottle collection of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Where it's from: With a name inspired by thoroughbred horse racing (the sport of kings), King of Kentucky was launched in 1881 as a Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Brown-Forman acquired the brand in 1936 from Selected Kentucky Distillers and converted it to a blended whiskey until it was discontinued in 1968 (it's the whiskey they're drinking in It's a Wonderful Life)."
"In 2018, Brown-Forman revived the brand as an ongoing release of single-barrel, barrel-proof expressions. Look, I can't afford the revived King of Kentucky expressions. Limited in release, these rare bottles often go for several times their price on the secondary market. "It became a unicorn," says Chris Morris, Brown-Forman master distiller emeritus. "It became one of the most sought-after whiskeys, not only in the United States, but in the world.""
King of Kentucky Small Batch is a limited-edition, three-bottle collection of Kentucky Straight Bourbon released by Brown-Forman to broaden access to the revived brand. The brand originated in 1881, was converted to blended whiskey after Brown-Forman's 1936 acquisition, discontinued in 1968, and revived in 2018 as single-barrel, barrel-proof releases. The Small Batch series was crafted at the Brown-Forman Distillery in Shively, KY; all three bottles are aged 12 years, share a mash bill of 75% corn, 15% rye, and 10% malted barley and a proprietary yeast strain, and differ only in proof (105–110). Small additions of water reveal different aromas and flavor characteristics.
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