Garrison Bros.
Garrison Brothers drops its Cowboy Bourbon as a special release every year, though we’ve only covered it once so far, in 2022. This 2024 bottling is the 10th anniversary release of the expression, with 10,000 bottles released at a scorching 70.1% abv. Cowboy Bourbon is always a barrel pick creation, but while Garrison doesn’t mention…
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Garrison Brothers’ Laguna Madre release is its most prized whiskey, and three years ago Monica took our first look at the product, followed by a look at the 2022 version by Frank a year later. The annually released, limited edition is special because of its use of French Limousin oak as a finishing wood, in…
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Garrison Brothers, my neighbors down the road in Hye, Texas, recently released its 2022 Cowboy Bourbon, an annual release that we have somehow missed reviewing to date. Drawn from 8- and 9-year old barrels and bottled uncut and unfiltered, it’s one of the distillery’s most prized expressions. Let’s give it a whirl. The reddish-hued spirit…
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Noting, as others so often do, that “everything is bigger in Texas” speaks directly to the flavor profile of most whiskeys coming out of the Lone Star State. Because of Texas’ intense heat, the influence that oak has on these whiskeys tends to be far more pronounced at a younger age than comparable products from,…
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