Over the past 25 years, Master of Wine, Richard Kelley has become one of the most respected authorities on South African wine in the UK and beyond. Planned as an annual release this 10 Year Old Bourbon features the same high-rye bourbon recipe that Basil Hayden’s fans know and love, but the whiskey is aged in barrels . The Heydons (original spelling) emigrated to the Virginia Colony in the 1660s, when much of Britain became inhospitable to Catholics. Basil Hayden's Bourbon has a high rye content (30%) in the mashbill which makes this drier and spicier than your average bourbon. My preference is to have this neat with a single cube of ice as I found that with a mixer it lost the subtleties of the flavour.

It is incredibly easy going and would be a good introduction to the delights of the other Jim Beam range and a prelude . The distinctiveness lies in the storage of this Small Batch Bourbon, for which only casks of the highest quality have been selected. Basil Hayden è un bourbon con un unica percentuale alta di segale, che combinava la dolcezza del mais con i sottotoni speziati della segale. Basil Hayden's is the lightest-bodied bourbon whiskey in the family of Jim Beam small batch bourbons produced by Beam Suntory (a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings of Osaka, Japan).Michter’s US 1 Bourbon is made from a carefully selected mashbill that features the highest quality American corn. citation needed] One ancestor, Simon de Heydon, was knighted by Richard the Lionheart in the Holy Land during the Third Crusade in the 1190s.

Created by Basil Hayden in 1796 – when George Washington occupied the White House – Basil Hayden’s Bourbon is a smooth and spicy 80-proof bourbon that simply deserves your attention. Recommended as a good cocktail spirit that avoids the need for additional sweeteners such as gimme syrup and vermouth. His recipe was a masterpiece, resulting in a unique, singular small batch bourbon whiskey that was blessed.The bottle was well presented and the added embossed metal collar gives it that extra touch of class. He loved what it could mean and what it could be, so he created Basil Hayden to showcase everything great about bourbon, while remaining inviting and approachable.