Augusta Distillery 8 Years Old Route 8 Single Barrel Unfiltered Cask Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Old Route 8 is the scenic road that runs along the Ohio River through Kentucky's historic river towns — the original east-west route that carried the first bourbon into the country's interior — and Augusta Distillery, sitting on the limestone banks of Augusta in Bracken County, named its flagship after it. Founded in 2018, the distillery began as a bottler of sourced Kentucky whiskey while building a $23 million facility with two 35-foot Vendome copper pot stills; its own distillate has been aging since 2024. Old Route 8 is sourced from an undisclosed Bardstown-area distillery, made from the classic high-rye mash bill of 74% corn, 18% rye, and 8% malted barley, aged eight years in new charred oak, and bottled as a single barrel, unfiltered, at full cask strength — the distillery's rule is "never proofed down," so bottles land anywhere from the mid-110s to over 130 proof. Breaking Bourbon found baking spice, cinnamon, and pie crust tempered by juicy stone fruit, a sweet brown-sugar base, and a finish of apple, caramel, and vanilla cookie, praising it for delivering a genuine "Kentucky hug." Barrel Banter compared it to a dialed-back Elijah Craig Barrel Proof with Snickers-bar nuttiness and dark caramel. Fair warning: this is bold, oaky, and hot — not a beginner's pour — and some reviewers find the price steep. For fans of big, well-aged, high-proof bourbon, it delivers.

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