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Following a 7 year-old rye whiskey released in 2023, Knob Creek has introduced a 10 year-old rye whiskey. Aged in deeply charred American oak barrels, this Kentucky straight rye whiskey is made in the pre-Prohibition style. It is a permanent addition to the Knob Creek portfolio. Bottled at 100 proof, it's available nationwide beginning June 2024. (SRP $69.99)

The inaugural release in the brand's Explorer Series features a blend of two 6 year-old bourbon whiskeys: a low-rye bourbon from Kentucky, and a high-rye bourbon from Indiana. Together, the mash bill recipe in the bottling was 66% corn, 30% rye and 4% malted barley. After reducing the blend to 103 proof, it was then finished with oak staves from France's Tronçais Forest and American white oak staves from the Appalachian Mountains. Availability begins April 2, 2024 at select Tennessee retailers with more markets to follow. (SRP $69.99)

Baby Jane Bourbon is made with a proprietary heirloom corn variety named Baby Jane. Grown just a few miles north of the Widow Jane Mines in Upstate New York where the brand sources its limestone water, this corn variety is a hybrid of Bloody Butcher Red and Wapsie Valley Yellow corn. Its cooked, fermented and distilled in Brooklyn and in Kentucky and aged for 4-6 years. Bottled without chill-filtration at 91 proof (45.5% ABV), it's available nationwide beginning June 2024. (SRP $50)