Buzzard’s Roost will unveil a pair of single-barrel, double-oaked expressions this weekend at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown. Attendees will be able to taste and buy the Distillers’ Row whiskeys specially selected by the Kentucky Bourbon Festival team and a very special bourbon created by Buzzard’s Roost Lead Distiller Ethan Spalding and his dad, long term cooperage industry exec Chad Spalding.

For the Distillers’ Row Series, the KBF Team selected a 5-year-old Buzzard’s Roost Toasted Barrel Bourbon with a mash bill of 60% corn, 36% rye and 4% malted barley at 114.2 proof ($95). The Distillers’ Row Series Toasted Barrel Rye is 95% rye and 5% malted barley ($85) and aged 4 years.

Buzzard’s Roost also will debut its new Kindred Collaboration small-batch bourbon ($75). This is a very special limited release crafted by Ethan Spalding and his father, Chad. Ethan grew up in a whiskey family: his dad, Chad, has decades of experience in the cooperage industry and his granddad Steve Nally is an esteemed Bourbon Hall of Fame Master Distiller. 

Ethan and his dad put their touch on a Kindred Collaboration: a 5-year-old double-oaked bourbon with a mash bill of 75% corn, 21% rye and 4% malted barley that underwent secondary aging in a Buzzard’s Roost proprietary barrel chosen by Ethan and Chad for the flavor profile that they found the most appealing. 

On Friday, Sept. 13, Ethan and Chad Spalding will sign bottles at KBF, and bottles of Kindred Collaboration and both Distillers Row Series whiskeys will go on sale at Buzzard’s Roost Tasting Room and Distillery in downtown Louisville. 

“We had an amazing experience at our first KBF last year and are excited to share some truly amazing whiskeys with everyone this year,” said Buzzard’s Roost CEO Judy Hollis Jones. “KBF is the best event in the world for Kentucky whiskey lovers, and we can’t wait to see everyone.”

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About Buzzard’s Roost

Buzzard’s Roost Sipping Whiskey is an independent blender, bottler and distiller of exceptional whiskeys crafted using pioneering techniques. Buzzard’s Roost whiskeys are created using a combination of break-through techniques for secondary maturation including 18-month-seasoned oak barrels for intensified flavors and exclusive use of Char #1 over very specific toast levels to coax complex flavors from each barrel, leading to rye whiskeys and bourbons with flavors unlike any other. Buzzard’s Roost Whiskeys are distributed in 23 markets including Alberta, Canada and select products are available online and at the Buzzard’s Roost Whiskey Row Experience at 624 W. Main Street in downtown Louisville. All Buzzard’s Roost whiskeys are second-barrel aged and bottled at Bardstown Bourbon Company. Buzzard’s Roost is a woman-led company.