Our blending team took on the challenge of bringing together rye and bourbon whiskies from our aging stock to create something incredibly balanced – something that embodies the best that both types of whiskey have to offer.
While blending is commonly used in American whiskies to deliver a consistent flavor from bottle to bottle, the art and craft is truly on display when balancing liquids from different origins. It takes immense skill to develop an original recipe and an incredible palette to deliver a final product that is more than the sum of its parts.
The final blend is about 20% bourbon to 80% rye and is best served neat or on-the-rocks to experience the complexity created by meticulously blending four component whiskies.
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Basil Hayden’s whiskeys are known for standing out in the crowd. The distinctive flavor of Basil Hayden’s® Bourbon was originally inspired by the legend of a family recipe said to date back to 1796 when Master Distiller Basil Hayden Sr. broke ‘the rules’ and went off-the-beaten-path mixing the spiciness of rye with the smoothness of corn to create a light-bodied, mixable and smooth bourbon. Today, Basil Hayden’s is crafting its own story by providing bourbon drinkers with a versatile sipping experience to be shared with friends and family.
