The Duke Club - July 2020
This month, for Just A Taste’s Duke Club, I am excited to feature Four Roses’ Select Small Batch.
Four Roses - Select Small Batch
Producer: Four Roses
Region: Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
Aging: aged 6-7 years
Serving Suggestion: add a drop or two of water for a little less bite and a whole lot more vanilla
Cocktail: this would make one delicious (spiced) old fashioned
Nose: raspberries, clove, and nutmeg
Palate: berries, vanilla, apricot, and oak
Finish: light touch of cinnamon with a hint of mint
About the Legend of Four Roses
Many of you are familiar with Four Roses - but do you know how they got their name? The founder of Four Roses Bourbon was smitten with a Southern belle, and sent a proposal. She replied if her answer were “Yes,” she would wear a corsage of roses on her gown to the upcoming grand ball. …On that night of the grand ball, she arrived in her beautiful gown, wearing a corsage of four red roses. The rest, as they say, is history.
About Four Roses - Select Small Batch
This incredible pour took gold in the SUNSET International Spirits Competition 2019, third in Whiskey Adovicat’s Top 20 List, and silver in the World Whiskies Awards 2020. It was created by mingling 6 of their Four Rose’s Bourbon recipes, each of which was aged 6-7 years. This bottle is currently only available in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington and Wisconsin. (So believe us when we say… we feel lucky to have a huge allocation of it!)