Rare Character

A barrel ready for its next step. We’ve got some good whiskey in the works right now. A few things we’re pretty excited about. Any guesses…

A little RCLR Bourbon Batch 2 throwback. Looking back at bottles like this one hits a little different. An incredible year of whiskey, a lo…

Barrel Breakdown 🥃 KHR Distilled: Kentucky Aged: Kentucky Age: 9.5+ Years Mashbill: 60/36/ 4 KHR, short for Kentucky High Rye, is for th…

Barrel Code 20L has officially crossed the 21-year mark. When we released this code last year, it was already a legend in the making—but an…

Barrel Breakdown: HRC 🥃 HRC, short for High Rye Canton, is distilled and aged in Indiana during a time when barrels couldn’t be produced f…

We’ve been waiting a long time to see these ones out in the wild.🥃 There’s something pretty special about finally seeing Black Maple Hill …

Less than 3,000 bottles of 2026 Old Cassidy. If you remember the last Old Cassidy, you know why this one is worth paying attention to. A m…

The Rare Character x Seelbach’s ToTC Spirited Dinner in New Orleans brought together what we love most about whiskey: great pours, curious p…

Barrel Breakdown: N21 🥃 8+ years old · 70/21/9 mashbill · Kentucky distilled & aged · ISC + Kelvin cooperage Honey, sweet cream, and cara…

Coming back to its Kentucky roots, Black Maple Hill has officially relaunched with a 16 Year old Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisk…

It's FRYEday. 🥃 What better way to celebrate than by looking back at TKO—our Tennessee Killer Rye. Distilled in Tennessee, aged its entir…

KBF. That was a good one. Black Maple Hill 10 Year, Kentucky-only release, took center stage, but honestly, there was a lot happening arou…

KBF exclusive. Blink and it's gone. 🥃 Black Maple Hill 10 Year is here— bottled exactly as it was originally released, 97 proof, zero shor…

Behind the scenes: bottling Black Maple Hill 11-Year Small Batch. A continuation of one of the most recognized names in bourbon, carefully …

Great barrels can be even better together. The Rare Character Curated Batch Series brings together exceptional barrels from across the rick…

The secret’s out: Pride of Anderson County is officially bottled and soon will be in the wild. We’re evolving from online releases to a full…

🥃 Some profiles never leave the conversation. HRK continues to be the benchmark for high rye lovers, delivering bold cherry cola, rich van…

The word is out: BRW is one to hunt. BRW has quietly become one of the most talked-about profiles in the Rare Character Single Barrel Serie…

Barrel Breakdown 🥃 KNF Kentucky Straight Bourbon – Single Barrel Series Distilled and aged: Kentucky Distill Date: 11-2016 Mashbill: 60/36…

Some call it the Lunar New Year. We call it a good reason to bring great bourbon together. 🐐 To celebrate the Year of the G.O.A.T., we wen…

The 16-Year turned heads. The 11-Year kept the conversation going. But this is the bottle at the center of it all. 🥃 Black Maple Hill Pre…

Long before we brought the name back, Brook Hill was the crown jewel of Friedman, Keiler & Co.—a late 19th-century powerhouse that rose to b…

MEL has found its people. Collectors are making lists, hunting down different picks, and keeping track of every one they can find. Some pic…

The AQU phenomenon is real.🥃 Lately, this barrel code has been showing up everywhere—driven entirely by those who’ve tasted it and keep co…