Dark Corner Distillery Ups The Ante With Bourbon Whiskey: Lewis Redmond Carolina Bourbon

The first of its kind in the history of South Carolina

With the recent release of multiple heritage-minded spirits, including gin and even absinthe, it should come as no surprise to spirits connoisseurs that Dark Corner Distillery will soon offer their first barrel-aged spirit, Lewis Redmond Carolina Bourbon Whiskey beginning this upcoming weekend.

Lewis Redmond represents a lost breed of aged whiskey dating back to the late nineteenth century in Walhalla, SC. It was there Redmond, a native of the region and legendary outlaw and bootlegger -- often considered America’s Robin Hood -- produced his acclaimed "hand mash" for a government distillery. 

LEWIS REDMOND CAROLINA BOURBON WHISKEY debuts this Saturday, Nov. 17th, 2012 at 11 a.m. at the distillery’s downtown Greenville location.

Distilled from corn, red wheat, barley and rye, Dark Corner Carolina Bourbon Whiskey has been aged since October 2011 in charred American Oak barrels.

“By utilizing smaller five and 15 gallon barrels, we allow for increased surface exposure of wood to whiskey and have significantly lowered the aging time for the spirit” says head distiller John Wilcox. 

Dark Corner also engineered dramatic temperature swings in its aging cellar (a small, moist basement) to cause the barrels to expand and contract more often, forcing whiskey in and out of the porous hard wood. The refined process results in more flavor in the form of vanilla and tannins.

“Beginning at 125 proof and aged to mellow perfection, we feel that now is the ideal time to pull our extremely small batch of whiskey from the barrels for bottling”, says distillery co-founder Joe Fenten. “Bourbon can be produced in any of the 50 states, but ours is made right here in the hills of Carolina.”

Founded in 2011, Dark Corner Distillery is a Greenville, SC based microdistillery which produces high-quality distilled spirits for those with discerning taste. Defined by heritage, the state’s first whiskey distillery since Prohibition offers its visitors a unique experience including product tastings, distillery tours and distiller training courses.
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