A standard is a thing that lasts

In music a standard is a song that outlives its moment and comes to define the genre. Certain bottles do the same thing for American whiskey. The Definitive Series is our attempt at that, one blend at a time.

Every batch is blended once and never repeated, which means the whiskey in each release exists only in that release. Batches go to Bottle Club members first, and whatever remains reaches the bar at Watch Hill Proper and stays there until it is gone.

The record so far

  • Batch 11

    Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Single Barrel — 115 Proof
    Aged 12 years

  • Batch 10

    Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Small Batch — 124.27 Proof
    Aged 8 years

  • Batch 09

    Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey — 124.18 Proof
    85% 6yr Kentucky straight bourbon
    15% 8yr Kentucky straight bourbon

  • Batch 08

    Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Single Barrel — 122 Proof
    Aged 11 years

  • Batch 07

    Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey — 108 Proof
    80% 8yr Kentucky straight bourbon
    20% 8yr Kentucky straight bourbon finished in toasted barrel

  • Batch 05

    Blend of Straight Bourbon Whiskey — 118 Proof
    33.3% 6yr Kentucky straight bourbon
    33.3% straight bourbon
    33.3% 6yr Kentucky straight bourbon finished in toasted barrel

  • Batch 04

    Blend of Straight Bourbon Whiskey — 111 Proof
    75% 8yr Kentucky straight bourbon
    25% 8yr straight bourbon

  • Batch 03

    Blend of Straight Rye Whiskey — 114.49 Proof
    50% 7yr straight rye, 95/5 mash
    50% 7yr straight rye, 51/45/4 mash

  • Batch 02

    Blend of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey — 119 Proof
    33.3% 8yr Kentucky straight bourbon
    33.3% 6yr Kentucky straight bourbon
    33.3% 6yr Kentucky straight bourbon finished in toasted barrel

  • Batch 01

    Blend of Straight Bourbon Whiskey — 117 Proof
    50% 5yr straight bourbon
    50% 6yr Kentucky straight bourbon finished in toasted barrel

These batches are gone. Each was blended once and will not be made again. A few may still be pouring at Watch Hill Proper in Prospect, Kentucky, until the last bottle is finished.

The other series

  • Proper

    Our house pour, made continuously.

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  • Sandbox

    Where we experiment with finishes and blends.

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  • Chef

    An annual rye chosen by Executive Chef Michael Crouch.

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  • Exceptional

    Old, rare, and in very limited quantities.

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Members see it first

Every Definitive batch goes to Bottle Club members before anyone else. Whatever is left reaches the bar at Watch Hill Proper and stays there until it is gone.

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