Old Carter Straight Bourbon Small Batch bottle

Old Carter Whiskey Co.

Kentucky, United States.

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Region: Kentucky
Limited lines: 1
Editions tracked: 5

Old Carter Straight Bourbon Small Batch. Picture from CraftShack.

About Old Carter Whiskey Co.United States

Old Carter Whiskey Co. is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, with a small production operation and members' club lounge on Whiskey Row. Mark Carter, who earlier revived the Kentucky Owl brand with the Dedman family, founded it in 2018 with his then wife Sherri after Kentucky Owl was sold in 2017. In December 2024 a group led by Mark Carter with partners Bill Thomas, Jared Hyman, and Zach and Hayden Wright bought the brand and its West Market Street facilities back at a court mediated auction. The company produces straight ryes, bourbons and American whiskies in locations around the U.S., and Mark Carter creates every blend and selects every single barrel. Its first releases were Rye Batches 1 and 2, followed in 2018 by Bourbon Batch 1, a cask strength, unfiltered run of 1567 bottles, and every release since is bottled at barrel strength without chill filtration with its bottle count stated.

Limited lines

Each Old Carter Whiskey Co. line in the book, with dates and shop stock.

No.	Line	Age · strength	Last release	Next	Editions	Shop stock
001	Old Carter Straight Bourbon Small Batch	No age statement · 59.5% ABV	2026	No estimate	5	Sold out

Edition archive

5 editions across 1 line, newest first.

No.	Released	Edition	Line	Strength	Bottles
001	2026	Batch 19	Old Carter Straight Bourbon Small Batch	59.5% ABV	3,361
002	2026	Batch 18	Old Carter Straight Bourbon Small Batch	57.5% ABV	3,328
003	2026	Batch 17	Old Carter Straight Bourbon Small Batch	58.85% ABV	3,315
004	2023	Batch 16	Old Carter Straight Bourbon Small Batch	58.9% ABV	3,120
005	2023	Batch 15	Old Carter Straight Bourbon Small Batch	58.5% ABV	3,146

How to get its releasesOld Carter Whiskey Co.

Old Carter releases small batch, very small batch and single barrel bottlings through the year, sold through distributors to select retailers, bars and restaurants in 24 states, DC and St. Maarten. Many releases are limited to one market, such as Georgia Exclusive or Kentucky On-Premise Only, or to a single account. The Old Carter Club is a membership based, direct to consumer bottle club with a guaranteed annual allocation, Club Exclusive bottlings and hosted tastings in its Club Lounge on Whiskey Row; it does not ship and has a waiting list for registration. The company does not offer tours, tastings or bottle sales at the facility and has no online shop, and it posts news of releases to its mailing list.

Club or ballot	Old Carter Club
Where it announces	Old Carter mailing list, Releases page, Instagram @oldcarterwhiskey and Facebook

Where it isUnited States

Location	United States
Whisky region	Kentucky

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Sources

Releases, Old Carter Whiskey Co.
About Us, Old Carter Whiskey Co.
Club, Old Carter Whiskey Co.
Contact Us, Old Carter Whiskey Co.
Mailing List, Old Carter Whiskey Co.
Old Carter co-founder buys back brand, facilities through auction, Tranzon Asset Advisors
Old Carter Whiskey Co. Announces Batch 1 of Old Carter Bourbon, GoBourbon

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