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Description
The Wathen-Medley family has been distilling whiskey in Kentucky for 8 generations, beginning more than 100 years before Prohibition. Today, the company is owned and run by the 7th– and 8th-generation Wathen-Medley boys, Sam Medley and his father, Charles Medley, and is one of the last independent and family-owned Kentucky bourbon brands.
When the 21st Amendment was ratified in the winter of 1933, Thomas Aquinas Medley began distilling and releasing unaged spirits as he established his business, much like many startup whiskey producers today. When Thomas Medley passed away in 1940, his son R. Wathen Medley took over operations, enlisting his four brothers in the process to create a range of highly regarded bourbon brands. Wathen himself is widely credited as the originator of the single-barrel bourbon concept. Years later, the family created Wathen’s Single Barrel Bourbon as a tribute.
Contract distilled at an undisclosed distillery where Sam and Charles oversee every step of production from the sourcing of grain to mashing, fermentation, distillation, and aging—Charles Medley Distillery continues to produce whiskeys using their traditional high-corn, high-malted-barley, low-rye mash bill—a recipe that remains unaltered from the original—to craft their exemplary Kentucky Straight Bourbons.
Taste
Skurnik Single Barrel #105 | Mashbill: 77% corn, 14% malted barley, and 10% rye | Aged at least 7 years in toasted, char level 3 barrels from Independent Stave Company
Brand Tasting Notes: Aromas of caramel, vanilla, toasted oak, and dried fruit with subtle hints of spice, leather, and roasted nuts adding depth. On the palate, it delivers a balanced and approachable experience, featuring notes of toffee, sweet corn, and baking spices like cinnamon and nutmeg, all complemented by a touch of citrus zest. The oak influence is present but harmonious, providing a gentle warmth. The finish is medium in length, leaving a lingering sweetness, light spice, and a delicate dryness from the oak, with faint traces of honey and almond rounding out the experience.
Holly’s Tasting Notes: Creamy nougat, white chocolate with almonds, sweetened green tea. The palate has more almonds, cashews, chocolate, and tea tree oil. It is earthy with a soft and creamy sweetness.
Details
- Bottle Size750
- DistilleryMedley Brothers
- StyleBourbon Whiskey
- RegionKentucky
- Age7
- ABV55.77%
- No. of Bottles198
- Year Bottled2024
- Country of OriginUSA
- Cask StrengthYes
- Cask TypeNew Charred American Oak