{"title":"Garrison Brothers","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDan Garrison visited the Kentucky Bourbon Trail in the early 2000s, learned that bourbon can legally be made anywhere in the United States, and decided Texas should make it. He left a career in software marketing, got mentorship from Elmer T. Lee — the legendary Buffalo Trace distiller behind Blanton's — and went to work on the Texas legislature to clear away Prohibition-era laws still on the books. In 2006 he and his wife Nancy received the first stiller's permit for bourbon issued outside Kentucky or Tennessee, making Garrison Brothers the first legal whiskey distillery in Texas and the first place outside Kentucky to make genuine corn-to-cork bourbon. The Hill Country heat nearly ended it: their first batch was destroyed by the temperature swings, and Dan had to find a cooper willing to build custom barrels with staves thick enough to survive a Texas summer. That heat is now the distinguishing feature, driving whiskey into and out of the wood far faster and more aggressively than Kentucky ever could. Everything is milled, cooked, distilled, barreled, and aged on the 68-acre ranch in Hye, using organic Texas corn, wheat, and barley. The first bottle sold in 2010. The range spans expressions from 80 to 140 proof — Small Batch, Balmorhea, Laguna Madre, Lady Bird, Guadalupe, HoneyDew, and the coveted Cowboy Bourbon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBrowse our full Garrison Brothers collection with fast nationwide shipping delivered straight to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"garrison-brothers-cowboy-bourbon","title":"Garrison Brothers Cowboy Bourbon 2021 Release","description":"\u003cp\u003eGarrison Brothers Cowboy Bourbon 2021 Release is the most coveted whiskey from Garrison Brothers Distillery in Hye, Texas, the first legal bourbon distillery in the state, founded by Dan Garrison in 2010. Cowboy Bourbon is not a batch so much as a selection: Dan and Donnis Garrison set aside their favorite barrels for a couple of extra years of maturation in the Texas heat, then bottle them uncut and unfiltered at cask strength. The 2021 release came out at 131.3 proof in a run of 5,440 bottles, each in a solid wood gift box lined with satin with a weighted medallion around the neck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCowboy Bourbon was named American Whiskey of the Year in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible in 2014 and 2017, and Garrison Brothers calls it the ultimate ambrosia. Official notes for the 2021 edition describe sweet pipe tobacco, full-grain leather and fresh-baked banana nut bread on the nose, wildflower honey and sparkling plum soda on the palate, and a finish of warm raspberry chocolate pie drizzled with whipped ganache. At the distillery release, a thousand bottles sold out in under two hours. A trophy for any bourbon collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy Garrison Brothers Cowboy Bourbon 2021 Release online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":16934840303716,"sku":"C0001013L","price":399.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/products\/Garrison_Brothers_2018_The_Cowboy_Bourbon_Whiskey.jpg?v=1545115998"},{"product_id":"garrison-brothers-single-barrel-bourbon","title":"Garrison Brothers Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey","description":"\u003cp\u003eGarrison Brothers Single Barrel is one barrel of the first legal Texas bourbon, picked and bottled at the distillery in Hye at 94 proof — Bourbon By Proxy found more oak, more brown sugar, and more Texas than the Small Batch. Dan Garrison, a former software marketer, founded the distillery in 2006 after the Enron collapse, trained under Elmer T. Lee, and shipped his first bottle in 2010; the distillery has since won more than 800 awards. The Single Barrel is 74% Texas Panhandle corn, 15% soft red winter wheat, and 11% malted barley, distilled in copper, aged in a new charred American oak barrel in a Hill Country barn where summer heat tops 100°F, and bottled from that one barrel by hand at 94 proof, uncut beyond proofing; check your bottle for the barrel number and age. Expect the house profile — toffee, dark chocolate, stone fruit, and pecan — with the variation a single barrel brings: some heavier on cedar and clove, some sweeter and rounder. Honest note: the bottle for the Garrison fan who wants to taste the barrel instead of the blend, and the one Texas bars pick their store selections from — no two are alike, which is the point. Neat or a single cube. Texas, one barrel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy Garrison Brothers Single Barrel Bourbon online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":26715860303972,"sku":"C0001630L","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/products\/Garrison_Bros_Single_Barrel.jpg?v=1565049140"},{"product_id":"garrison-brothers-small-batch-bourbon-whiskey","title":"Garrison Brothers Small Batch Bourbon Whiskey","description":"\u003cp\u003eGarrison Brothers was the first legal whiskey distillery in Texas, and Small Batch is the bourbon Dan Garrison built it around — a wheated mashbill aged in small barrels through Hill Country summers that cook whiskey faster than Kentucky ever could. Garrison, a former software marketer, founded the distillery in Hye in 2006 after the Enron collapse, trained under Elmer T. Lee, and shipped his first bottle in 2010; the distillery has since won more than 800 awards. Small Batch is 74% Texas Panhandle corn, 15% soft red winter wheat, and 11% malted barley, distilled in copper, aged at least three years in new charred American oak in a barn where summer heat tops 100°F and the angels take twice Kentucky's share, married annually, and bottled by hand at 94 proof. Whiskey Fellow: dark burnt amber and creamy, stone fruit, vanilla, and toffee with oak spice on the nose, toffee, chocolate, and dry leather up front, honey and pecan in the middle, and cedar, clove, and coffee on the finish. Breaking Bourbon on the batch: rich, bold, and unmistakably Texan. Honest note: more oak and more heat than a Kentucky bourbon of the same age — that's the style, and Texas drinkers wear it as a badge; the price reflects small barrels and brutal evaporation. Neat, on a cube, or a bold Old Fashioned. 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Lee, and shipped his first bottle in 2010; the wheated mashbill — 74% Panhandle corn, 15% soft red winter wheat, 11% malted barley — ages in small barrels through Hill Country summers that top 100°F. HoneyDew starts as fully aged four-year straight bourbon, is infused with raw Texas wildflower honey from Burleson's in Waxahachie — not a honey liqueur, but bourbon with honey steeped in it — and is bottled at 80 proof. Whiskey Fellow: orange-amber with a soft, creamy texture, honeydew melon and pecan up front, vanilla and milk chocolate through the middle, and honeysuckle and melon on the finish. Expect a genuinely honeyed bourbon that still tastes of oak and wheat underneath, rather than a flavored whiskey. Honest note: the crossover bottle — the one for the Old Fashioned that needs no sugar, the hot toddy, and the person who says they don't like bourbon; enthusiasts will want the Small Batch, and both are right. On the rocks, in a toddy, or a Gold Rush. 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Garrison Brothers is the first legal whiskey distillery in Texas, founded by Dan Garrison in Hye in 2006; the wheated mashbill — 74% Panhandle corn, 15% soft red winter wheat, 11% malted barley — ages in small barrels through Hill Country summers that top 100°F. For Guadalupe, master distiller Donnis Todd selected 122 thirty-gallon barrels filled in 2016, moved them into thirty-five 59-gallon Portuguese tawny port casks in 2020 for two years, and bottled 10,500 numbered bottles at 107 proof; check your bottle for the release year. Breaking Bourbon: candied dark fruit, seasoned oak, and vanilla custard on a bold nose that improves with air; black raspberry and plum leading into peppery oak, tobacco, dark chocolate, coffee crème brûlée, and cinnamon on the palate; and a finish where cinnamon and pepper persist under lingering dark fruit and custard. Drinkhacker and The Whiskey Wash both note the port shows as dark fruit rather than sugar. Honest note: the dessert bourbon of the Garrison range and the one that sells out first in Texas — for the port drinker, the after-dinner pour, and the gift. Neat, after dinner. 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Garrison Brothers is the first legal whiskey distillery in Texas, founded by Dan Garrison in Hye in 2006; the wheated mashbill — 74% Panhandle corn, 15% soft red winter wheat, 11% malted barley — ages in small barrels through Hill Country summers that top 100°F. Balmorhea, named for the West Texas spring-fed pool, takes that whiskey and re-barrels it in fresh charred oak for a fifth year, doubling the wood on a spirit that already gets more than most, and bottles at 115 proof. The Whiskey Wash: sweet cedar, brown sugar, dark cherry, and pipe tobacco on the nose; nutmeg, then a sweet shop of milk chocolate, candied walnut, and caramel sauce on a pleasantly syrupy palate, with cherry cola and black-tea tannin developing; and a medium-long finish with a saline, savory note. The Whiskey Finish and Breaking Bourbon both put it at the top of the Garrison range. Honest note: the most oak-forward bourbon in Texas and the one the state's enthusiasts argue is the best thing the distillery makes — for the drinker who thinks Kentucky is too polite. Neat, with time. Balmorhea, twice barreled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy Garrison Brothers Balmorhea Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44216637653248,"sku":"C0008020L","price":174.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/files\/GarrisonBlue.jpg?v=1704653537"}],"url":"https:\/\/chipsliquor.com\/collections\/garrison-brothers.oembed","provider":"Chips Liquor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}