![]() It would be helpful if the label explained this claim more thoroughly. That could be total malt and they are malting all of the grain other than corn. Since Heaven Hill and Brown-Forman use 10% or more malt in their mash bills, one would assume a 40% malt mash bill in Old Elk. They also make the claim that they are using four times more malt than other distilleries, but they don’t give a percentage of rye in their mash bill. There is an explanation on the label as to what this means, but in my experience, it means they are blending straight Bourbons produced in two or more states. This whiskey is a “blend of straight Bourbons”. Norton-Simon abandoned the brand and Old Elk laid dormant until the new owners revived it. ![]() After Prohibition the brand was produced by the Stitzel-Weller Distillery up until the company was sold to Norton-Simon in 1972. ![]() Stitzel Distillery acquired the brand and bottle Old Elk as a “medicinal spirit”. The distillery eventually became the Edge Cliff Distillery. registered the Old Elk trademark for Bourbon and Rye. Clay left the Company and the new firm was renamed Stoll, Vanatta & Co. Stoll, all of Lexington, Ky., built the Stoll, Clay & Co. The brand was created in 1880 when Richard P. I am happy to say that the brand is now back in the market. They asked me to do some research on the brand’s heritage – which I did. The brand had been abandoned and they picked up the trademark. Several years ago I met the team who were putting together a distillery in Colorado and had picked Old Elk as the brand they wanted to produce. This post sponsored by the Glencairn Whisky Glass
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