A. Smith Bowman Distillery ‘Abraham Bowman’ Coffee Finished Bourbon Whiskey

Detailed Description

This limited edition A. Smith Bowman release was made from 7 to 8 year old bourbon which underwent a unique finishing process. The bourbon was finished for six months inside of barrels which housed coffee beans for between two and five weeks. It’s uncut and unfiltered, and bottled at cask strength, 67.3% ABV (134.6 proof). Only one barrel was produced. Limited release.

A. Smith Bowman Distillery ‘Abraham Bowman’ Coffee Finished Bourbon Whiskey Tasting Notes

Nose: Hints of coffee and chocolate on the nose, with lots of dark and robust sweetness, a touch of spice.

Palate: On the palate, coffee meanders at first, overshadowed by caramel, vanilla and peppery spice.

Finish: Finish is hot and intense, thanks to that 134.6 proofing, with the coffee exploding to the forefront and lingering.

Distillery Information

The A. Smith Bowman Distillery is a distillery that was originally based on the Bowman family’s 7,200-acre Sunset Hills Farm in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, in what later became the planned community of Reston. The distillery was founded in 1934 on the day after the end of Prohibition, by Abram Smith Bowman and his sons, Abram Smith, Jr., and DeLong. From the time of its founding until the 1950s, it was the only legal whiskey distillery in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The primary brands produced by the distillery were the Virginia Gentleman and Fairfax County bourbon whiskeys. In February 1988, it relocated to Spotsylvania County, near Fredericksburg, into a former FMC Corp. cellophane plant at One Bowman Drive, where operation continues as a microdistillery owned by the Sazerac Company.