Blue Run Spirits announced its first ever Single Barrel Rye Whiskey, and the second release in its Emerald Rye series. Blue Run Emerald Single Barrel Rye will be available only online at BlueRunSpirits.com beginning at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Tuesday, May 2.

Like the Gold Medal-awarded Blue Run previous Emerald Rye (released in November 2022), this single barrel offering was contract distilled by Blue Run Liquid Advisor Jim Rutledge at Castle & Key Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. Shaylyn Gammon, Blue Run’s Whiskey Director, selected the barrels to echo the flavors found in the initial Emerald Rye Whiskey, but with each featuring its own personality found only in a single barrel release. These are also bottled at barrel proof with no water added to dilute the flavor or aroma, thus allowing subtle individual nuances to shine through. 

“With Blue Run’s Emerald Rye Whiskies, I am trying to work towards a baseline flavor foundation for the entire collection, then find interesting or unexpected interpretations that are wholly unique but don’t stray too far from the original profile,” said Gammon. “This might be somewhat easier when blending, but when you are working with single barrels at barrel proof, the art lies in the barrel selection, understanding how the distillate interacted with the barrel char level, and to the extent I can, what climate factors impacted that barrel as it aged over the years.”

In keeping with releasing a whiskey just before Mother’s Day, each of these Blue Run Spirits rye single barrels from this Emerald Rye collection are named for the mothers in the lives of Blue Run founders.

• Barrel #1 – Ashley (117.1 proof)
• Barrel #2 – Liana (117.1 proof)
• Barrel #3 – Sharon (117.6 proof)
• Barrel #4 – Shawn: (117.9 proof)
• Barrel #5 – Janis (118.1 proof)
• Barrel #6 – Cheryl (117.9 proof)
• Barrel #7 – Jodi (116.3 proof)
• Barrel #8 – Minette: (116.7 proof) 
• Barrel #9 – Kimberly (116.8) 
• Barrel #10 – Paige (118.2 proof)

Blue Run Kentucky Straight Emerald Single Barrel Rye Whiskey features an anodized emerald green butterfly medallion on the bottle, making it easily identifiable to whiskey enthusiasts and collectors alike. It is available for $199.99 SRP.

Find Blue Run Spirits at retail and online at www.bluerunspirits.com.