Four Roses Single Barrel

Legend has it, Paul Jones Jr.’s proposal to a southern Belle inspired the creation of Four Roses. If her answer was yes, she would wear a corsage of roses to the ball. He waited until that day and in she came with a corsage of four roses. The four roses corsage would inspire Jones Jr. to trademark the name “Four Roses” in 1888. This was four years after moving to Whiskey Row in Louisville, Kentucky. Even as the top-selling bourbon in the ’30s, ’40s, and '50s. Four Roses, under the new ownership of Seagram’s, would drop the bourbon in the US. Moving the popular bourbon to the growing markets in Europe and Asia. This hang-up didn’t last forever, returning to the States in 2002. Four Roses Bourbon and all its recipes are beloved in Kentucky and around the world.

 

What is Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon?

Aged 7 to 9 years, Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon is high rye and 100 proof, with a 50% alcohol volume. Single Barrel is a complex and full-bodied bourbon with a delicate and long finish. Open a bottle of Four Roses Single Barrel. You will get a whiff of the delicious aroma of dried spices, pear, cocoa, vanilla, and maple syrup. Take a sip and you will taste the robust flavors of cherries and the hints of ripe plums. Four Roses ends on a high note with its smooth and delicate long finish.

Only Four Roses combine two mash bills with five proprietary yeast strains. To create 10 distinct Bourbon recipes. United to achieve an endless range of flavor profiles. Mashbill B is rye forward consisting of 60% corn, 35% rye, and 5% malted barley. Mashbill E tastes of bright grains with 75% corn 20% rye, 5% malted barley.

 

Creation of Four Roses Single Barrel

Creating Four Roses begins in a column still by bringing the contents to a boil to purify at 132 proof. They are then put into a doubler potrities to provide the product with a cleaner taste at 138-140 proof. After distillation, the bourbon is sent to distillate tanks to be checked for quality and consistency. Then is pumped into retention tanks. Where water is added to reduce the proof. Four Roses proofs lower than the legal limit at 125 for quality reasons. A whiskey thief is used to extract a small portion of the final product. To check the maturation process. Before reaching the final destination. A stainless steel trough where it is proof tested and chill-filtered.

Single barrel bourbons are not rare but they are definitely unique. Four Roses Single Barrel, like others from Four Roses, has 10 distinct recipes to make their bourbon. This is a process special to Four Roses. In addition to using 10 unique recipes, Four Roses also use more corn in its recipes than any other bourbon in Kentucky. Creating tasting notes and aromas that are unique to Four Roses.

 

Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon Cocktails

Fall is just around the corner and it is time to celebrate with the cooler temperatures with some delicious bourbon cocktails. Grab your Four Roses Single Barrel off the shelf and grab your ingredients to mix these drinks for get-togethers and alone time after work. Whatever you want them for, these drinks will suit the occasion.

 

Autumn Leaves

If you love an old fashioned you may find yourself with a new drink in hand this fall season. Sit on the porch after dinner with this refreshing and sweet beverage designed for your autumn-loving taste buds. You will not be disappointed.


Ingredients:

  • 1¼ fl oz Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon
  • ¼ fl oz Carpano Antica
  • ½ fl oz Ramazzotti Amaro
  • 1 dash Angostura Bitters

 

Directions

  • Add all ingredients to a mixing glass and stir.
  • Pour into a double old fashioned glass over fresh ice.
  • Garnish with light lemon juice and discard the peel.

 

Apple Cider Honey Old Fashioned

An old-fashioned and apple cider are two classic beverages that come together to create the best drink for Autumn. Your taste buds will thank you when you taste the delicious tastes of apple cider honey and Four Roses Bourbon. Enjoy the season with an apple cider honey old-fashioned.

 

Ingredients:

  • 2 fl oz Four Roses Single Barrel or Small Batch
  • ¼ fl oz Apple Cider Honey
  • 2 dash Aromatic Bitters

 

Directions:

Four all ingredients into a mixing glass and stir.

Pour into an old-fashioned glass over ice.

Garnish with an apple fan and cinnamon stick.

 

Apple Rose

A refreshing beverage after a long day, the Apple Rose is a simple beverage perfect to pull together after work. It is easy to make with minimal ingredients. All you need is the Four Roses Bourbon of your choice, apple juice, and angostura bitters to top it off. Add some apples to garnish to make it pretty and you have a beautiful beverage to top off your night.


Ingredients

  • 1½ fl oz Four Roses Bourbon
  • 1½ fl oz Apple Juice
  • 4 dash Angostura Bitters

 

Directions

  • Fill a highball glass with ice and add bourbon.
  • Top with apple juice.
  • Add angostura bitters.
  • Garnish with apple slices as desired.

 

Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon is a deliciously smooth bourbon with a robust taste and mellow finish. Aged 7 to 9 years, it may be a young bourbon but its full-bodied and complex tastes are good enough to have been poured from a mature bottle. Enjoy a glass of Four Roses over ice in a lowball glass or have a dram in a Glencairn to taste the many notes Single Barrel has to offer. Four Roses may not be the only one offering you a chance at a single barrel bourbon but this is the only chance for Four Roses Single Barrel. What Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon drink recipe are you looking forward to trying?