Dettling Bourbon - 250th Anniversary Lottery
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Dettling 1867 Distiller Notes:
250th anniversary drop includes a very unique and special barrel. Barrel 659 is a true single oak barrel aged 54 months in the “New House” in Kelvin #3 char standard toast. The standard toast barrels are fruitier and lighter in color than the heavy toast. The “standard Toast” barrels originated from the COVID era barrel shortage, when custom barrel profiles were not available. I find the barrels from this period to be very inconsistent unfortunately, so this will not be a common release.
Visual: Medium dark, oily, full rifling in glass with rotation
Nose: Caramel, nostalgic leather, cinnamon, pipe tobacco. Later: Sweet cinnamon, vanilla, peach pit.
Palate: Kettle corn, chocolate, caramel, nostalgic leather, vanilla frosting.
Overall: Barrel 659 has a “Summer Vibe” that really fits the 250th celebration.
After Glass: Milk chocolate, pipe tobacco
Pricing: $175, Limit One Per Customer
Dettling 1867 Distiller Notes:
2026 Spring drop includes two very unique and special barrels. In an ideal world every barrel would be selected at its peak. This is not generally the goal in the whiskey world, but I am very interested in pursuing this idea to the greatest extent possible. One of the barrels in this drop represent what I believe is a barrel at its peak. White Top Rye Barrel #383.
Some of you may already be familiar with Rye Barrel #383 as it was a top contender for future gold wax status, but unfortunately over the last 6 months to a year it failed to continue to progress as I had hoped.
I am also keenly aware that we have insufficient experience with high age rye Dettling barrels to fully understand what standard the top 10% or top 1% would need to meet.
Pricing:
Not sure if we are the first to price every barrel independently but here it is! I am concerned about the “hit/miss” problem in the whiskey world, and everyone hates getting one barrel they love then another that just doesn’t hold up at the same cost. Special Releases should be special, but they can’t all be on the same level. This is my effort to price according to vintage, color, complexity, texture, finish, intensity, etc. as objectively as possible.
I have also priced the “standard” type releases here slightly above the typical “in the wild” retail price, so we are not competing against our great brick and mortar retailers. If you have a retailer that gets Dettling, please buy it there!
Notes on the notes:
My goal with the tasting notes is to accurately describe the whiskey so that every customer can make an informed purchasing decision. The notes are intended to be easily understandable and found independently by multiple guest palates. The notes are chronologically written in the order in which the notes were experienced. As the glass sits poured the nose and palate will change, and the notes are intended to accurately represent these chronological changes over time. The “After Glass” is the empty glass with no liquid. It is imperative for any trace liquid to be removed from the glass and keep nosing the glass until it begins to tell its story.
Pro Tips:
Smell your glass prior to pouring. Make sure any detergent or municipal water smells are gone. Have two glasses handy and pour into one. Dump the one into the other, so now you have an empty glass to nose for the After Glass while enjoying the whiskey. Picking up the glass to nose washes air over the glass and removes the notes! When you are really being serious leave the glass on the table to smell it without touching the glass.