Organic barley, wheat, and corn are used to make Garrison Brothers Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey. “We get about 30,000 pounds of corn, wheat and barley delivered a month,” states Garrison. “The wheat comes from our own fields — we have 65 acres of wheat on the other side of the property.” Additionally, the barley comes from the Pacific Northwest, while the maize is gathered from nearby regions in Texas.

After the grains are delivered to the distillery, they undergo a four-day fermentation process after being mashed and ground. After fermentation, an old copper pot known as the “copper cowgirl” is used to distill the wash. The bourbon is aged in charred American oak barrels after distillation. “She was made as an experimental still,” Garrison explains, “for Wild Turkey Distillery.”The bourbon can extend into the wood because the char softens it. When the temperature rises, as it does in Texas, the bourbon will seep deeply into the wood and release the chemical compounds there.

The Guadalupe, a straight bourbon named for the river that runs through Texas, was first matured for four years in charred and toasted white American oak casks before being moved into Portuguese tawny port wine casks. Master Distiller Donnis Todd carefully supervises the whiskey’s two-year stay in these before it is bottled at 107 proof.

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Notes on Tasting

This smooth bourbon has notes of strawberry, juicy plum, and sweet berries. It has a delightfully complex finish with notes of coffee, chocolate, cinnamon, lavender honey, and biscuits.

Concerning the Garrison Brothers

Garrison Brothers Distillery was established in 2005 and is located in the Texas Hill Country on a rolling property. The distillery is Texas’s oldest authorized whiskey distillery. “Like everything in the Lone Star State, our dreams were big from the start,” says the distillery’s proprietor, Dan Garrison. “Our goal was to create the greatest bourbon ever, not just any bourbon.”

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