Green River Distilling traces back to 1885 in Owensboro, Kentucky, though the brand spent years operating under the name O.Z. Tyler before reviving its historic Green River name in 2020, with support from original founder J.W. McCulloch's great-grandson. Bardstown Bourbon Company acquired the distillery in 2022, but Green River has kept building its own identity — and in October 2025, its Wheated Bourbon pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent bourbon history, blind-beating over 100 contenders (including Blanton's Gold Edition and W.L. Weller Full Proof) to win Best Overall Bourbon at the New York World Spirits Competition, all at a roughly $35 price point. The rest of the lineup follows that same value-forward approach: the flagship high-rye Kentucky Straight Bourbon, a genuinely well-reviewed 95% rye Straight Rye, a batch-variable Full Proof expression bottled at true barrel strength, single barrel picks, and a Honey Finished Bourbon that's drawn genuinely mixed reactions depending on the taster's tolerance for sweetness. Distilled in the brand's distinctive tile warehouses, which hold both warm and cool zones for unique maturation character, Green River has quickly built a reputation as one of the best value names in Kentucky bourbon.

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