Chattanooga Whiskey Releases Bottled in Bond Vintage: Fall 2022

Chattanooga Whiskey announced its latest Bottled in Bond Vintage: Fall 2022. The blend introduces two mash bills new to the series, pulled from different corners of the distilling team's archives: Barrel 54 and Barrel 177. Barrel 54 was developed in late 2015 at the company's Experimental Distillery. Despite being one of Chattanooga Whiskey's earliest recipes, it remains one of the most unique in their library. Where most bourbon mash bills are rounded out with rye or wheat, Barrel 54 uses a combination of malted spelt and a huskless malted oat, which naturally add a fuller texture and weight to the palate. 'The Barrel 54 recipe passes every legal test for a bourbon, but its mash bill is very unconventional – not only which grains are used, but the textural characteristics they bring to the whiskey,' Grant McCracken, Founding Distiller, said in a news release. 'We originally named it 'second cousin' as an analogy, because it's clearly related to what we do…but not directly. A recipe like this isn't showing up at every family reunion, but things get interesting when it does.' The other featured mash bill, Barrel 177, does the opposite of 'second cousin' – using its malted grains for aroma and flavor rather than texture. Melanoidin malt is uniquely kilned to brown from the inside, developing the same compounds that give a graham cracker its color and flavor. Meanwhile, Carafa – a German chocolate malt – is drum roasted and pulled from the roaster at the point it tastes like dark chocolate. 'Fall vintages have to earn the name, and this one is appropriately built like a s'more,' McCracken said. 'The melanoidin malt is the graham cracker, the German Carafa malt is the chocolate, and the oats and spelt in Barrel 54 are the toasted marshmallow, giving you that same textural contrast straight off the fire.' Made in accordance with the Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, every component of the Fall 2022 Vintage was distilled and barreled between July 2022 and December 2022 at the company's Riverfront Distillery. As usual, the blend was a collaboration by the full distilling team over several months of blind tastings. Bottled in Bond: Fall 2022 Vintage will be available at the Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Distillery on Thursday, Sept. 3, and on shelves in select states in the following weeks at $52.99 for a 750ml bottle. Limited quantities will also be available online at Seelbachs.com. Read more: Chattanooga Whiskey Releases Moldovan Ice Wine Cask Finished About Chattanooga Whiskey Founded in 2011, Chattanooga Whiskey challenged the laws and won the right to distill whiskey in Chattanooga for the first time in 100 years. As a result, the Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Distillery – the only standalone experimental distillery in the country – was born. The distillery now hosts over 50,000 visitors annually and serves as a hub of innovation and creativity to push the boundaries of craft whiskey. For more information, visit https://chattanoogawhiskey.com/.