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- Barrell Craft Spirits
- Limited lines
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- Editions tracked
- 13
Barrell Seagrass. Picture from Dram Street.
About Barrell Craft SpiritsUnited States
Barrell Craft Spirits is a whiskey blender and bottler in Louisville, Kentucky, founded in 2013 by Joe Beatrice, a former marketing and technology entrepreneur. Instead of building a distillery, it sources casks from established producers, blends them and bottles them at cask strength without chill filtration, a model inspired by Scotland's independent bottlers. In January 2023 it announced the purchase from Angel's Envy, for $2.41 million, of a five-story 1940 rickhouse on the former Yellowstone Distillery campus in Shively, to store barrels from the roughly 65 producers it works with. It cut the ribbon on a $15 million, 31,000 square foot blending and bottling facility in 2023, then sold that Jeffersontown site to American Craft Bottling in 2026 and moved all its blending to its original site in Gilmore, Louisville. Its limited releases grew out of its numbered cask strength Barrell Bourbon batches and now include series such as Gray Label, Black Label and the Cask Finish Series.
Limited lines
Each Barrell Craft Spirits line in the book, with dates and shop stock.
| No. | Line | Age · strength | Last release | Next | Editions | Shop stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | Barrell Seagrass | No age statement · 62.01% ABV | 9 June 2026 | June 2027 Estimate | 3 | In stock 1 shop |
| 002 | Barrell Bourbon numbered batches | No age statement · 58.48% ABV | 26 May 2026 | April 2027 Estimate | 4 | In stock 1 shop |
| 003 | Barrell Vantage | No age statement · 57.58% ABV | 5 March 2025 | No estimate | 2 | Sold out |
| 004 | Barrell Gray Label | 13 to 19 years · 55.06% ABV | 22 October 2024 | No estimate | 4 | Not listed |
Edition archive
13 editions across 4 lines, newest first.
| No. | Released | Edition | Line | Strength | Bottles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 9 June 2026 | Toasted Seagrass | Barrell Seagrass | 62.01% ABV | 350 |
| 002 | 26 May 2026 | Batch 038 | Barrell Bourbon numbered batches | 58.48% ABV | Not stated |
| 003 | 24 June 2025 | Batch 037 | Barrell Bourbon numbered batches | 55.69% ABV | 9,000 |
| 004 | 5 March 2025 | Toasted Vantage | Barrell Vantage | 57.58% ABV | 330 |
| 005 | 22 October 2024 | Gray Label Bourbon 13 Year (2024) | Barrell Gray Label | 55.06% ABV | Not stated |
| 006 | October 2024 | Gray Label Seagrass 19 Year (third edition) | Barrell Gray Label | 64.15% ABV | Not stated |
| 007 | 29 May 2024 | Batch 036 | Barrell Bourbon numbered batches | 57.22% ABV | Not stated |
| 008 | August 2023 | Batch 035 | Barrell Bourbon numbered batches | 58.75% ABV | Not stated |
| 009 | September 2022 | Gray Label Bourbon (2022) | Barrell Gray Label | 50.29% ABV | Not stated |
| 010 | 1 August 2022 | Gray Label Dovetail | Barrell Gray Label | 65.77% ABV | Not stated |
| 011 | August 2022 | Vantage (original) | Barrell Vantage | 57.22% ABV | Not stated |
| 012 | June 2022 | Gold Label Seagrass 20 Year | Barrell Seagrass | 64.06% ABV | Not stated |
| 013 | 15 March 2021 | Seagrass (original) | Barrell Seagrass | 59.2% ABV | Not stated |
Sources
- The Latest Batch of Barrell Bourbon Celebrates America's 250th Anniversary, The Daily Pour
- Barrell Craft Spirits Just Dropped 2 New 'Gray Label' Whiskeys, and One Is 19 Years Old, The Daily Pour
- Barrell to Release Limited Barrell Toasted Seagrass June 9, Fred Minnick
- Barrell to Release Toasted Vantage in Limited Quantities, Fred Minnick
- About Us, Barrell Craft Spirits
- Private Barrel Program, Barrell Craft Spirits
- Where to Buy, Barrell Craft Spirits
- Barrell Craft Spirits Events, Barrell Craft Spirits
- Store, Barrell Craft Spirits
- Barrell Craft Spirits bottle shop, Barrell Craft Spirits
- Barrell Craft Spirits Purchases Historic Yellowstone Distillery Rickhouse for $2.4 Million, Distillery Trail
- Barrell Craft Spirits Acquires Historic Kentucky Rickhouse To Meet Demand, The Whiskey Wash
- Barrell Craft Spirits Cuts Ribbon on New $15 Million Facility and Celebrates 10-Years of Blending Bliss, Distillery Trail
- US whiskey firm Barrell Craft Spirits sells facility, Just Drinks
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