Reservoir Distillery
69% Corn, 14% Wheat 14% Rye and 3% Barley. Each bottle is hand numbered by our head blender.
NOSE: Vanilla with hints of tea, pitted fruit and tobacco
PALATE: Candied cinnamon, caramel, burnt sugar and butterscotch
FINISH: Balanced with a rye kick and long wheat tail
Recognized by Garden & Gun as one of the ‘Best in the South’ and a multi-year Gold Medal recipient at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Reservoir’s Hunter & Scott Bourbon is for the everyday sipper or cocktail mixer, for a neat pour at the bar or a rocks glass on the porch.
Considered the younger brother of Reservoir’s premium whiskies, Hunter & Scott finds the same attention to detail where true personal touch is required to make exceptional whiskey. Provenance is paramount to us, and our Hunter & Scott has evolved with age and popularity. Our Hunter & Scott Bourbon is a marriage of grains from Virginia and hand selected barrels from Kentucky and Indiana. We’ve even acquired our own Virginian white oak which is crafted into barrels by a local mill and cooperage. These casks come to us with our signature alligator-char that then impart deep color and unparalleled flavors into our whiskies.
Age does not equal maturity when it comes to whiskey as a balanced, nuanced whiskey is achieved only over time as barrels labor on our behalf. With our small barrel program, the quality of the distillate is supremely important when determining time with the wood. Every stage of production shows our dedication to time – from our open top fermentation process, which can take up to 11 days to utilize every flavor our yeast can provide, to our slow pot still double distillation, our distillate is pure and precise.
Whether the spirit enters our large or small barrel program, each cask is monitored for progress. There is no set time for our maturation process. Every barrel is taste-tested to ensure it is fully developed and time to be bottled. Our techniques are not revolutionary, but our opinion on readiness is.
