Bourbon and board games

Doing our part this weekend to stay home and we decided to break out the board games and enjoy some fantastic Kentucky whiskey to make the game play more interesting.

What’s in our glass? Well, here is a Clue for you. It’s a sour mash whiskey and it’s namesake was founded in 1753…

If you accused Shenk’s or Michter’s then you win this round of Clue. If you have a bottle of Shenk’s, you were a winner all along.

Shenk’s Homestead Distillery Sour Mash Whiskey honors the legacy of historic American whiskey figure John Shenk, who in 1753 founded a distillery that was to become known as Michter’s in the 20th Century. It is made in Kentucky according to the traditional Sour Mash process whereby a portion of the previously distilled whiskey mash (referred to as “setback”) is added into the next batch. This full-bodied small batch whiskey is 91.2 proof.

Shenk’s is a Kentucky Sour Mash Whiskey made with a good deal of rye. Unlike the 2018 Shenk’s release, where some French Oak was utilized during maturation, the 2019 was matured entirely in American oak barrels, some of them being the special species of oak called Chinquapin (Quercus muehlenbergii).