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One singular sensation

This locally-distilled single barrel is perfect for the bourbon lover on your list

Article by Andrea Gardner

Photography by Acrylic Asylum Art and Dana Hoey

Originally published in Tulsa City Lifestyle

Red Fork Distillery and Tulsa Hills Wine Cellar have released the first single barrel of the new Reverence Bourbon, distilled  in Tulsa. While quantities last, it is available exclusively at Tulsa Hills Wine Cellar located at the Tulsa Hills shopping center.

This special release is a three-year aged wheated bourbon, bottled at 90 proof. It offers a delicious aroma of rich, toasted oak and a warm vanilla finish on your palate. It’s a good mixture of smooth, sweet and spicy. And, it's only $39.95 a bottle.

What is Single Barrel Bourbon?

A single barrel is just that: the contents from just one barrel. 

To achieve consistency, distillers mix sometimes hundreds of barrels together after aging. That’s why there is very little variation from one bottle of mass market bourbon to the next. It’s great for guaranteeing the quality of a mass-produced product, but in doing so, you lose the variations in flavor unique to each barrel. 

That’s why small batch and single barrel versions of popular bourbons have been all the rage lately. Each barrel is, by definition, limited and exclusive.

“A single barrel bourbon is totally unique,” explains the Wine Cellar’s co-owner Dr. Todd Johnson. “You are never going to get that flavor profile out of any other barrel . . .  ever.” 

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Tulsa Hills Wine Cellar has worked with brands such as Knob Creek, Woodford Reserve and Eagle Rare on single barrel projects. Last year they were invited to the Maker’s Mark Distillery, an honor held by about 50 stores across the nation, to have a hand in creating their own. 

They also have in-stock a second edition Woodford Reserve and a cask strength (123.0 proof) single barrel from the award-winning Texas-based Garrison Brothers. Additional single barrel projects are in the works.

To order as a special treat for yourself or that hard-to-buy-for person on your Christmas list, go online at TulsaHillsWineCellar.com or visit them at Tulsa Hills Shopping Center, 7422 S. Olympia Ave., Tulsa, Okla.

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