Named for the wildflower that announces spring across the Texas Hill Country, Bluebonnet marks something new for the Wildlife Collection and showcases our Texification process by taking our Kentucky distillate and letting the Texas climate do the work. 

Our proprietary mashbill was distilled in Bardstown, KY, then brought home as white dog to fill into barrels and age entirely in our Blanco rickhouses. From the moment these four barrels were sealed, Texas took over. They rested for 5 years and 7 months on the north side of Rickhouse 1, through some of the most punishing climate the Hill Country has on record: back-to-back summers of relentless heat and extended drought & winters that brought record cold. Every extreme pushed the spirit deeper into the barrel staves, building the kind of complexity you can't craft otherwise. 

This isn't a Texas whiskey by designation. But it is, unmistakably, a Texas whiskey by nature. As always, a portion of proceeds from every bottle sold will benefit the organizations that care for our wildlife, and this year we are partnering with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, dedicated to preserving and restoring the native plants and landscapes that make this place unlike anywhere else on earth — including the wildflowers that inspired this very whiskey.