Iron Fish Distillery is celebrating the release of its oldest bourbon to date, Mad Angler Bourbon Batch #4.

This 5 year old, 92 proof bourbon is crafted from a mash bill comprising 70% organic corn, 16% wheat, 9% northern Michigan barley, and 5% winter rye sourced from Iron Fish Farm. Mad Angler Bourbon is exclusively sold in Michigan. The Mad Angler name is inspired by the writings of northern Michigan poet Michael Delp.

“Our Mad Angler Bourbon Batch #4 marks the beginning of our commitment to ensuring that every product under the Mad Angler brand is aged for over 5 years,” David Wallace, co-founder and master distiller of Iron Fish, said in a news release.

Only 100 cases of Mad Angler Bourbon Batch 4 are available, and the Feb. 19 release date marks the sole occasion that the bourbon will be released in 2024.

Established in 2016, Iron Fish Distillery stands as Michigan’s first farm distillery, cultivating grains, distilling spirits, and aiming to perfect the art of barrel-finishing sourced whiskey. This third party environmentally audited working farm and distillery attracts over 150, 000 guests annually to the agricultural destination, reborn on a long-abandoned 120-acre farm located in rural Springdale Township in Manistee County.

Named for the Steelhead that journeys up the nearby Betsie River, every step of the Iron Fish soil-to-spirit process occurs onsite. The process starts in farm fields where the distillery grows and harvests its own grain. Milling, mashing, fermenting, distilling and barrel aging is on full display for visitors. Iron Fish also carefully sources bourbon for finishing in barrels from around the world.

To date, the distillery’s library of aged spirits exceeds 2,500 barrels. The distillery’s vision is to be a legacy distillery leaving the land and community a better place than they found it.

For more information, visit https://ironfishdistillery.com/.