2025 Wildlife Collection Series
$149.99
Gray Wolf Straight Bourbon
The first limited release of our 2025 Wildlife Collection
62.75% ABV | 125.5 PROOF | 750ML | CASKS 22-0255/22-0033
This bottle is named for the largest species of the wolf family, which historically hunted the lands where the distillery is now located in Blanco, Texas. Gray Wolf pups are born in Spring, just like this release. We are unleashing Gray Wolf Straight Bourbon, a blend of two six-year-old, cask-strength collector’s edition bourbon casks that is sure to sell out in minutes. Gray Wolf is the first release in the Milam & Greene 2025 Wildlife Collection, which explores how climate impacts the final flavor of aging bourbon. Catch the Gray Wolf Straight Bourbon if you can. It will be available exclusively online and for the first time ever, available for online purchase to pick-up at the distillery tasting room.
For pick-up at the distillery, please bring proof of purchase.
Bottles must be picked up by April 5th.
"The Wildlife Collection is more than just an incredible collectors’ bourbon, it is also an opportunity for us to test how climate impacts the aging of whiskey,. Whiskey barrels aging in our rickhouses are open to natural airflow, letting the Texas weather make its mark on it. The Gray Wolf barrels spent roughly half their time aging in Kentucky, and the other half in Texas. The climatic whipsaw over the last three years in Hill Country with some of the coldest cold we’ve ever experienced, along with extreme drought and long periods of intense 100+ degree heat had a tremendous effect on the rate of maturation and the final flavors that you just won’t get in other locations.”
- Heather Greene -
CEO & 2023 Master Blender of the Year
This limited cask-strength Milam & Greene Wildlife Collection Gray Wolf Straight Bourbon was distilled at the Green River Distilling Company, in Kentucky, with a mash bill of 60% corn, 36% rye, and 4% malted barley. It was barreled on May 18, 2018, and aged in Owensboro, Kentucky for three years, eight months, and 25 days before being transported to Blanco, Texas, and aged for an additional three years and one month on the north side of Milam & Greene Rickhouse 2. Gray Wolf Straight Bourbon was bottled on March 14, 2025, and has plenty of bite at 125.5 proof (62.75% ABV) after aging for a total of six years, nine months, and 25 days.
Gray Wolf is a bold bourbon glowing mahogany in the glass. It has rich aromas of maple bar, coffee cake, creamed corn, fresh mint, and baking spices. It is full-bodied and silky loaded with butterscotch candy, black tea flavors with dill and fresh herbs, peppercorn, and nicely balanced oak. This bourbon has a lengthy, cool finish with notes of German chocolate cake, herbal lozenge, and loads of fresh mint.
BARREL BOURBON SERIES
FEATURING TEXAS WILDLIFE
The Milam & Greene Wildlife Collection is a limited-edition series of cask strength, single barrel whiskies examining how extreme Texas Hill Country weather conditions (high heat, ice storms, temperature swings, drought, low humidity) affect whiskey aging. The collection honors local wildlife that thrives despite these harsh conditions.
& OUR WILDLIFE COLLECTION BENEFITS THE TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (est. 1991) has invested over $240 million in conservation projects protecting wildlife, habitat, and natural resources. Their mission ensures all Texans have access to the state's wild places now and for future generations. Learn more about their work at www.tpwf.org.
BARREL BOURBON SERIES
FEATURING TEXAS WILDLIFE
The Milam & Greene Wildlife Collection is a limited-edition series of cask strength, single barrel whiskies examining how extreme Texas Hill Country weather conditions (high heat, ice storms, temperature swings, drought, low humidity) affect whiskey aging. The collection honors local wildlife that thrives despite these harsh conditions.
WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT OUR WILDLIFE COLLECTION BENEFITS THE TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION
Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (est. 1991) has invested over $240 million in conservation projects protecting wildlife, habitat, and natural resources. Their mission ensures all Texans have access to the state's wild places now and for future generations. Learn more about their work at www.tpwf.org.
PREVIOUS WILDLIFE COLLECTION RELEASES
We're proud to say that our Wildlife Collection benefits the Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation
2024
Previous 2024 Releases Have Sold Out Same Day!
SOLD OUT!
CASK: #515
RELEASED: 2/26/24
BOTTLES: 148
PROOF: 128.2
SOLD OUT!
CASK: #519
RELEASED: 4/17/24
BOTTLES: 144
PROOF: 128.21
SOLD OUT!
CASK #506
RELEASED: 6/26/2024
BOTTLES: 149
PROOF: 129.8
SOLD OUT!
CASK: #515
RELEASED: 2/26/24
BOTTLES: 148
PROOF: 128.2
CASK: #508
RELEASED: 10/17/24
BOTTLES: 158
PROOF: 130
SOLD OUT!
RELEASES NOV 17, 2024
SOLD OUT
2023
All 2023 Releases Sold Out
CASK: #207
RELEASED: 4/26/23
BOTTLES: 168
PROOF: 119.48
CASK: #204
RELEASED: 2/22/23
BOTTLES: 168
PROOF: 127.6
CASK: #618
RELEASED: 10/11/23
BOTTLES: 130
PROOF: 126.8
CASK: #704
RELEASED: 9/8/23
BOTTLES: 168
PROOF: 127.6
CASK: #518
RELEASED: 12/13/23
BOTTLES: 259
PROOF: 131.2