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Whisky Advocate | David Fleming, Ted Simmons and Melanie Schwenk | April 8, 2022

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OLD ELK MASTER’S BLEND SERIES FOUR GRAIN

Style: Straight bourbon
Origin: Indiana
Age: Not stated
ABV: 52.95%
Price: $100
Release: April 2022
Availability: Limited; nationwide

Need to know:

This whiskey has a mashbill of 51% corn, 22.5% wheat, 19% barley, and 7.5% rye and was aged for 6 to 7 years.

OLD ELK MASTER’S BLEND SERIES DOUBLE WHEAT

Style: Straight whiskey
Origin: Indiana
Age: Not stated
ABV: 53.55%
Price: $100
Release: April 2022
Availability: Limited; Nationwide

Need to know:

This blend combines Old Elk’s Straight wheat whiskey and its wheated straight bourbon. It was aged for 6 to 8 years, with a mashbill that is 71.5% wheat, 25% corn, and 3.5% barley. 

Whisky Advocate says:

Fort Collins, Colorado-based Old Elk adds these two expressions to its Master’s Blend line. The whiskeys were created by Old Elk master distiller Greg Metze, who previously worked for 38 years at Seagram Distillery/MGP Ingredients in Lawrenceburg, Indiana overseeing production. Old Elk was founded in 2013 and is making its own whiskey in Colorado, but is waiting for it to mature.

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