Metal band Anthrax announced the release of Anthrax XL in celebration of the group’s 40^th anniversary.

The limited single-barrel bourbon finished was for 40 days in a 20-year old Oloroso Sherry cask and then bottled at 115 proof. Only one barrel of Anthrax XL was produced, yielding 400 hand-numbered bottles. Each bottle features the band members’ signatures, and is encased in a black drawstring velvet gift bag emblazoned with the Anthrax XL logo, with a suggested retail price of $155. 

Additionally, 40 limited-edition, numbered bottles will be available. Priced at $350, each limited-edition bottle is also housed in the black drawstring velvet gift bag, then packed in a customized box encased in a SilverFoil card stock wrap-around.  Each limited edition item comes with a Golden Ticket, printed and debossed on gold foil-coated-card stock.  The Golden Ticket awards the purchaser and a guest admission to an Anthrax headline concert in the purchaser’s area and includes a special in-person meet and greet with the band to take place during Anthrax’s 2022 U.S. tour. 

The bourbon was sourced from Hillrock Estate based on a visit by Anthrax band members Scott Ian and Frank Bello to the distillery.

“I sampled eight different whiskeys from Hillrock’s rickhouse when I was there to pick one for our 40th-anniversary bottle,” Ian said. “It’s a difficult task in that they’re all so great, thieved from the barrel and into my glass. Every time I’ve had to choose a whiskey, I wait for the juice to tell me that, ‘it’s the one.’  This barrel spoke up loud and clear.”

For further details pertaining to the Anthrax XL release, go to www.anthrax.com; to purchase a bottle of Anthrax XL, visit https:www.12west58wine.com. Customers can expect a turn-around time of about 10-days.