Spirits · Bardstown, Kentucky
The Wiseman
A blended Kentucky straight bourbon from the revived Kentucky Owl brand.
- Founded
- 1879
- Founded by
- C.M. Dedman
- Based in
- Bardstown, Kentucky
Making it since
1879
Their story
The Wiseman comes from Kentucky Owl, a Bardstown bourbon name that C.M. Dedman founded in 1879. The original distillery shut down during Prohibition and the brand sat dormant for nearly a century.
A descendant of the founder revived Kentucky Owl in 2014, and its small releases built a following quickly. Stoli Group bought the brand in 2017.
The Wiseman, launched in 2021, was meant as a more widely available bottle and was the first Kentucky Owl bourbon made with Bardstown Bourbon Company.
How it's made
Master Blender John Rhea combines a four-year wheated bourbon and a four-year high-rye bourbon from Kentucky Owl with older Kentucky bourbons aged about five and a half and eight and a half years. It is bottled at 90.8 proof.
The Wiseman Bourbon is an artful balance of soft wheat and spicy high-rye
Why we carry them
We like The Wiseman as an easy way into a name usually known for scarce bottles, with caramel up front and a little spice behind it.
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