John Emerald John Emerald Purveyors Series Double Oak 750 ml

John Emerald Purveyors Series Double Oak comes from John Emerald Distilling Co. in Opelika, Alabama, and gets its name from a two-stage aging process: two years in new American oak, followed by a second maturation in used French oak barrels. That French oak finish is less common in bourbon, which typically stays in a single American oak barrel start to finish, and it adds a different, softer tannin structure than a straight bourbon-barrel program. Expect caramel, vanilla, and oak from the American barrel base, with added spice and a rounder mouthfeel from the French oak finish. Bottled at 90 proof, it's built to show what a second, different wood type contributes beyond a standard single-barrel bourbon. This bottle suits bourbon drinkers curious about French oak's effect on an otherwise classic Kentucky-style mash.

How to drink John Emerald Double Oak

Pour it neat or with a splash of water to taste how the French oak finish rounds out the American oak base, or build it into an Old Fashioned where the extra spice adds a layer a single-barrel bourbon wouldn't. Either serve works.

Bourbon90 proof · new American oak, finished in used French oak · Opelika, Alabama