Blanton's

BUY A BOTTLE OF BLANTON'S GOLD PLUS ANY ONE OF THE BELOW PRODUCTS OR VISIT THE STORE AND BUY A BOTTLE IN PERSON AND RECEIVE A DISCOUNT OF £100!*

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1792 Small Batch 46.85% 75cl	Abasolo Mexican Whisky 43% 70cl
Balcones Baby Blue Corn Whiskey 46% 70cl	Bellevoye Rouge 'Triple Malt' Blended French Malt Whisky 43% 70cl
Bernheim Original Wheat Whiskey 45% 70cl	Empirical Spirits The Plum, I Suppose 32% 50cl
Catoctin Creek Barrel Select Rye Zinfandel Cask Finish #2414 59.5% 70cl	Freya Birch Spirit 40% 70cl
Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye Cask Proof 70cl	Haran Traditional 12yo Basque Single Malt 40% 70cl
Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye Distiller's Edition 92 Proof Whiskey 70cl	Henstone Old Dog Corn Liquor 41.5% 70cl
Catoctin Creek x GWAR Ragnarok Rye 46% 75cl	Henstone English Single Malt Whisky 43.8% 70cl
Four Roses Small Batch Select Bourbon Whiskey 52% 75cl	Milk and Honey Israeli Young Single Malt 46% 50cl
Griffo Stony Point American Whiskey 47% 70cl	Ming River Sichuan Baijiu 45% 70cl
Heaven's Door Straight Rye Whiskey 43% 70cl	Morris Muscat Barrels Australian Single Malt Whisky 46% 70cl
High West Campfire American Whiskey 46% 70cl	Morris Signature Australian Single Malt Whisky 40% 70cl
New Riff Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey Bottled In Bond 50% 70cl	Nardini Il Bitter Aperitivo 24% 1L
New Riff Single Barrel Rye Whiskey 52.45% 70cl	Nardini Il Rosso Aperitivo 24% 1L
Ragtime Rye New York Straight Rye Whiskey 45.3% 70cl	Nardini Rabarbaro Amaro 19% 70cl
Redwood Empire Emerald Giant Rye Whiskey 45% 70cl	Nikka Days Blended World Whisky 40% 70cl
Redwood Empire Lost Monarch Blended Whiskey 45% 70cl	Sassy Calvados Fine 40% 70cl
Redwood Empire Pipe Dream Bourbon 45% 70cl	Seagrams VO Blended Canadian Whisky 40% 70cl
Sagamore Double Oak Rye Whiskey 48.3% 70cl	Stauning Smoked Rye Danish Whisky 47% 70cl
Sagamore Signature Rye Whiskey 41.5% 70cl	Tenjaku Blended Japanese Whisky 40% 70cl
Westward American Single Malt Whiskey 45% 70cl	Tosolini Amaro 30% 70cl

Named after Albert B. Blanton - and believe it or not, the 'B' stood for 'Bacon' - the Blanton's branding was created by Buffalo Trace Master Distiller Elmer T. Lee who had previously worked under Blanton as an apprentice.

When dignitaries and important folk visited what was then the Old Fire Copper Distillery, Blanton would treat them to samples from selected casks taken from Warehouse H. This is the only all-metal warehouse in the BT complex, which experienced the greatest fluctuations in temperature as a result, causing the barrels within to have greater interaction between spirit and wood.

Elmer T. Lee kept this tradition, and Blanton's can claim to be the 'first' Single Barrel Bourbon, as individual casks from the centre of Warehouse H are bottled one at a time, as opposed to being married in batches. However, 6 people from a team of 12 taste every single barrel selected, and only if all 6 agree it meets the standard required will it then be bottled, ensuring a consistency of quality, even if there are very slight differences between each barrel. This also accounts for the relatively limited amount of stock that is available worldwide, as the brand owners are not prepared to sacrifice quality just to get more bottles out there.

Blanton's has become one of the most sought after Bourbon brands in the world. It's iconic bottle and stopper are immediately eye-catching, and the liquid inside tastes fantastic - rich, full, fruity with just a touch of spice. The Original is bottled at 46.5% ABV (93 US Proof) whereas the Gold Edition is bottled at 51.5% ABV (103 Proof) - that's the only difference, but that extra ABV really does make a hell of a difference!

A note on the stoppers - there are 8 of them, each modelling various stages of a horse race (a sport synoymous with Kentucky) from approaching the start line, setting off, racing to the finish, and the rider raising a fist in victory. The reason that there are 8 stoppers? There is a letter stamped at the base of each stopper - B, L, A. N, T, O N (with an easier-to-see colon as opposed to an apostrophe) and S. Every bottle of Blanton's is hand labelled and sealed and the stoppers are randomly placed on - so you could buy 8 bottles and get a different stopper on each one, or 8 of the same letter. Such is life!

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* £100 discount applicable to an online purchase of 1 (one) bottle of Blanton's Gold 70cl when coupled with 1 (one) or more selected products as listed on this page, per single transaction only.