Blue Run 'Reflection I' Bourbon Whiskey

Reflection I was Blue Run's first look in the mirror — the brand's Kentucky straight bourbon released as a statement of where it was headed. Blue Run was founded in 2020 by a Nike designer, Facebook's first director-level employee, a hospitality executive, and a political advisor, with Bourbon Hall of Famer Jim Rutledge, the former Four Roses master distiller, as liquid advisor, and it built its name "sneakerizing" bourbon: limited drops of 13-year-plus single barrels that sold out instantly. Reflection I is a Kentucky straight bourbon aged at least four years in new American oak and bottled at 47.5% ABV (95 proof), sourced while the brand's own Georgetown distillery — the first built in Scott County in nearly fifty years — came online. The Whiskey Wash found a moderate golden amber pour with a nose that opens muted and then reveals green pineapple, wheat toast, cracked grain, and French vanilla with a spicy cinnamon note, the vanilla expanding into white pound cake with time. Expect a soft, approachable palate of caramel, vanilla, light baking spice, and toasted grain with a gentle oak backbone, finishing medium and clean. Honest note: at 95 proof and four-plus years this is Blue Run's gentle, everyday-leaning bottle rather than one of its cask-strength collector drops — built for the drinker who wants the butterfly bottle on the shelf and a bourbon that plays well in an Old Fashioned or a highball. Rutledge-guided, Kentucky-made, and easy to like.

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