New Bourbon Releases News for June 27, 2026: Four Roses Mizunara, Lost Lantern United States of Bourbon & More

18 New Bourbon and other American Whiskey Releases To Try!

There have been quite a few new bourbon releases in the last two weeks. So, let’s jump right in!

Contents

Four Roses — Bulleit — Lost Lantern — Milam & Greene — Starlight — Blade and Bow — Chattanooga Whiskey — Redwood Empire — Pursuit x Meat Church — Dragon Con — Woodford Reserve — George Washington Distillery — Cedar Ridge — Coors Whiskey Co. — Old Fitzgerald — Buzzard’s Roost

But First, Here’s what’s new on BourbonObsessed.com!

Check out our latest reviews:

• Shortbarrel Sapsquatch Bourbon Review – Can a whiskey finished with sugar maple spirals and maple syrup barrels stay balanced? Dean and I dive into Shortbarrel Sapsquatch Bourbon, a 110-proof blend of Kentucky and Indiana whiskeys with a two-stage secondary maturation. Read our full review to see how this sweet experiment turned out!
• Neeley Small Batch Wheated Bourbon Review – Neeley Small Batch Wheated Bourbon is the second blend from Rebekah Neeley, created to bring classic Neeley bourbon flavors to a softer-drinking proof. Blended from 34 barrels and bottled at 94 proof, this wheated bourbon offers a different take on the Neeley style. Here’s what I found. Read my review here.
• Chicken Cock Old Glory Review – Chicken Cock Old Glory is a limited-release blend of Kentucky straight rye whiskey and Laird’s Apple Brandy created to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. Does this unusual collaboration work? Read on for my full review and tasting notes.
• Maker’s Mark Star Hill Farm Wheat Whisky 2026 Review – Maker’s Mark Star Hill Farm Wheat Whisky 2026 returns with a new blend of wheat varieties, expanding beyond the soft red winter wheat featured in the inaugural release. Does the added grain diversity improve upon the 2025 edition? Read my review to find out!

New Bourbon Releases News For June 27, 2026

New Bourbon Releases

Four Roses Experimental Series No. 001

Four Roses has announced the launch of its new Experimental Series, a limited-edition collection that “pushes the boundaries of the brand’s traditional 10-recipe framework.” The inaugural release, Experimental Series No. 001, is a Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey finished in rare Japanese Mizunara oak barrels. It was developed through extensive trials across recipes, yeast strains, barrel specifications, and toast and char combinations to identify the ideal pairing for Mizunara oak’s distinctive flavor profile. Ultimately, Four Roses Master Distiller Brent Elliott selected a six-year-old OBSK recipe for its ability to “complement the oak’s layered spice characteristics while allowing its sweeter and more nuanced notes to shine through.” Experimental Series No. 001 will be available at the Four Roses Distillery Visitor Center and Warehouse and & Bottling Facility Visitor Center beginning July 30 for $55 per 375 mL bottle. Read the full press release.

Bulleit 20-Year-Old Rye

Bulleit has announced Bulleit 20-Year-Old Rye, their oldest ever Straight Rye Whiskey. Made from Bulleit’s signature 95% rye mashbill, distilled in Lawrenceburg, Indiana and aged for two decades in Kentucky, the release was developed by the Bulleit Distilling Co. team with a blend crafted by Nicole Austin. Limited to just 1,776 individually numbered bottles, the cask-strength rye is bottled at 68.5% ABV (137 proof) and will be available beginning July 2026 at the Bulleit Distillery (1 bottle sold per day) and in select cities nationwide. The suggested retail price is $299 for a 750mL bottle. Read the full press release.

Lost Lantern United States of Bourbon

Lost Lantern has introduced United States of Bourbon, the first-ever blend of straight bourbon from all 50 states. More than five years in the making, the project brings together one distillery from every state into a single blend, with every component distillery listed on the bottle label. The inaugural release includes three expressions:

• United States of Bourbon 100 Proof – Blended in Vermont and slow-proofed to 100 proof. The blend contains bourbon aged 2 to 10 years with an age statement of 2 years. Non-chill filtered. $79.99. Limited to 6,780 bottles.
• United States of Bourbon Cask Strength – The same 50-state blend bottled at its natural proof of 122.9 proof. The blend contains bourbon aged 2 to 10 years with an age statement of 2 years. Non-chill filtered. $99.99. Limited to 3,300 bottles.
• United States of Bourbon 1776 Edition – A one-time 13-state blend created to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, featuring bourbon from the original 13 states. Bottled at cask strength at 121.4 proof. The blend contains bourbon aged 4 to 8 years with an age statement of 4 years. Non-chill filtered. $199.99. Limited to 1,776 hand-numbered bottles.

United States of Bourbon is available through LostLanternWhiskey.com, Seelbach’s, select retailers, and the Lost Lantern Tasting Room in Vergennes, Vermont. Want to learn more? Read my reviews!

Editor’s Note: While many brands have simply released special America 250 labels on existing whiskeys, hats off to Lost Lantern for creating this blend! Of all the America’s 250-themed whiskeys released this year, this one is truly a unique statement on American bourbon. I can’t imagine how much work it must have taken to put these blends together.

Milam & Greene Liberty American Whiskey

Milam & Greene is releasing Liberty American Whiskey, their first-ever American Whiskey, created to honor the country’s 250th. The whiskey blends three barrels of pot-distilled whiskey from their still in Blanco, Texas, with three barrels of column-distilled whiskey from Bardstown, Kentucky. The mash bill is 70% corn, 22% malted rye, and 8% malted barley. Aged 5 years and 9 months in once-used Texas bourbon casks, it is bottled at 120.8 proof and priced at $76. A total of 250 bottles were released online on June 24, with another 500 available at the distillery in Blanco, reservable online for pickup before the Fourth of July. milamandgreenewhiskey.com

Starlight Distillery 10-Year Reserve Bourbon

Starlight Distillery has released 10-Year Reserve Bourbon, a limited release produced entirely grain-to-grass using grains grown and harvested on the Huber family estate. The ten-barrel blend features both the distillery’s signature 3-grain and 4-grain mash bills built on heirloom corn and Indiana rye. Sweet mash fermented and double pot distilled, the bourbon was initially matured in the distillery’s original warehouse before being transferred to Warehouse #2, West Side, the warmest pocket of the rickhouses. Bottled at cask strength at 114.2 proof, approximately 2,000 bottles are available at the distillery, in select markets, and online for $250. starlightdistillery.com

Blade and Bow 12-Year-Old Solera Reserve

Blade and Bow has introduced 12-Year-Old Solera Reserve, a new limited annual expression beginning with 12-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon that is guided through a multi-vat Solera finishing and blending process using vintage Cognac, Bordeaux, Moscatel, and Port vats. Bottled at 104 proof, the whiskey has a suggested retail price of $64.99. It will be available beginning in July in select markets including Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Ohio, Georgia, and Illinois. Beginning July 17, Stitzel-Weller Distillery will also offer a Blade and Bow tasting flight featuring Blade and Bow Whiskey, Blade and Bow 12-Year-Old Solera Reserve, and Blade and Bow 22-Year-Old, while bottles last. stitzelwellerdistillery.com

Editor’s Note: It would be interesting to know more about the multi-vat Solera process used for this release, but unfortunately, specific details were not provided.

Chattanooga Whiskey Intergalactic Comet Crusher Batch Alpha-1

Chattanooga Whiskey has released Intergalactic Comet Crusher Batch Alpha-1, the second release of its bourbon liqueur made with the same 42 ingredients as the original 2025 release, but with a reformulated recipe. Made with 100% whiskey, infused with at least 42 botanicals, and produced in a 12-barrel batch, it is bottled at 84 proof (42% ABV) with a suggested retail price of $49.99. The mash bill is “classified”. It is available at the Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Distillery and in Chattanooga- and Nashville-area stores, with online sales through Seelbach’s to select states beginning in July. chattanoogawhiskey.com

Redwood Empire Colonel Armstrong Wheated Bourbon

Redwood Empire Whiskey has introduced Colonel Armstrong Wheated Bourbon, a new four-grain expression that blends the distillery’s own grain-to-glass spirit with hand-selected 4- to 14-year-old high-wheat bourbons from Kentucky and Indiana. It is a 122-barrel blend with a mash bill of 59% corn, 30% wheat, 6% rye, and 5% malted barley, bottled at 94 proof. Aged in Northern California’s cool, foggy climate, the whiskey is inspired by Colonel James Armstrong, whose conservation efforts helped preserve what is now Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve. The suggested retail price is $39.99. It is available online and at retailers nationwide. redwoodempirewhiskey.com

Pursuit x Meat Church Honey Hog Barrel Bourbon

Pursuit Spirits has partnered with Meat Church BBQ to release Pursuit x Meat Church Honey Hog Barrel Bourbon, a bourbon finished in honey-coated barrels using Burleson’s Texas Wildflower Honey. The blend combines Kentucky bourbon from Bardstown Bourbon Co. (78% corn, 10% rye, 12% malted barley) with Tennessee bourbon (80% corn, 10% rye, 10% malted barley), then undergoes an additional three-month finishing period in the honey-coated barrels. Bottled at 105 proof, the whiskey has a suggested retail price of $79.99. It will be available beginning July 1 at the Pursuit Spirits retail shop on Whiskey Row in Louisville, with distribution to Texas retailers and online through Seelbach’s shortly thereafter. pursuitspirits.com

Dragon Con Bourbon 2026

Dragon Con Spirits has announced the second annual release of Dragon Con Bourbon, created in collaboration with Atlanta-based Old Fourth Distillery and Dragon Con’s co-founders to celebrate the convention’s 40th anniversary. The limited-edition bourbon features a high-rye mash bill of 75% corn, 21% rye, and 4% malted barley and is aged 4 to 6 years. Bottled at 94 proof, the bourbon has a suggested retail price of $39.99, with only 3,700 bottles available. Each year’s release features a new collector’s label, and bottles may be personalized with engraving for an additional $15. Dragon Con Bourbon is available for preorder through the Dragon Con fan site. dragonconspirits.com

Editor’s Note: If you’re unfamiliar with Dragon Con, it’s one of the largest multi-media popular culture conventions in the United States, focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film. Held annually in downtown Atlanta over Labor Day weekend, it draws tens of thousands of attendees from around the world. This second annual bourbon release is a collaboration with Atlanta’s Old Fourth Distillery celebrating the convention’s 40th anniversary.

Brief Mentions – New Bourbon, Bourbon Adjacent or Other American Whiskey Releases for June 27, 2026

The following are either bourbon-adjacent spirits, whiskeys that have already received heavy coverage elsewhere or that I have mentioned in prior newsletters, or whiskeys with only limited information available.

• Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Single Barrel “Cherie DeVaux Derby Gold” – Woodford Reserve has partnered with Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Cherie DeVaux on a limited-edition Double Oaked Single Barrel Bourbon benefiting the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. DeVaux selected three single barrels for the release, with proceeds from every bottle sold supporting the nonprofit’s work to retrain and rehome retired Thoroughbreds. The bourbon is priced at $99.99. Following the June 26 distillery release event, a very limited number of bottles may still be available online in states where shipping is legal. woodfordreserve.com
• George Washington’s Spirit of ’76 Cask Strength Bourbon Whiskey – Mount Vernon will release the first bourbon produced at George Washington’s reconstructed distillery in more than two centuries on July 4. Distilled, aged 7 years, and bottled by hand on-site using 18th-century techniques, fewer than 350 bottles were produced. The cask-strength bourbon is bottled at 111.6 proof and priced at $1,000. It will be available beginning at 9 a.m. on a first-come, first-served basis at the Shops at Mount Vernon. It will not be sold online, and purchases are limited to one bottle per person. mountvernon.org
• Cedar Ridge Honey Bourbon – Cedar Ridge has announced the return of its limited-release Honey Bourbon, made from their Iowa Bourbon with a mash bill of 74% Iowa corn, 14% malted rye, and 12% malted barley. After aging in new American oak, the bourbon is finished for 14 months in ex-bourbon barrels seasoned with local Iowa honey. Bottled at 105 proof, it has a suggested retail price of $44.99. It will be available beginning July 3 at 10:00 a.m. CT online and 11:00 a.m. CT at the distillery. cedarridgedistillery.com
• Coors Whiskey Co. Blended American Malt Whiskey – Coors Whiskey Co. has released a limited-edition Blended American Malt Whiskey crafted with Coors’ proprietary malt and Colorado malt. The blend of 8-year-old American malt whiskeys is bottled at 110.5 proof with a suggested retail price of $79.99. Only 1,200 individually numbered bottles were produced, and the whiskey earned a 98-point Gold Outstanding rating at the 2026 International Wine & Spirits Competition along with Double Platinum honors for both taste and label design at the 2026 ASCOT Awards. It is available in Colorado and Illinois. coorswhiskeyco.com
• Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Spring 2026 Decanter Series – Heaven Hill has announced the Spring 2026 edition of the Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Decanter Series, a 10-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey distilled in spring 2016 and bottled in spring 2026. Bottled in Bond at 100 proof, the green-label decanter release has a suggested retail price of $149.99. This allocated bourbon will begin arriving on store shelves in July. heavenhill.com
• Buzzard’s Roost Red, White & Roost Double Oak Bourbon – Buzzard’s Roost has announced Red, White & Roost Double Oak Bourbon, a limited-edition single barrel release commemorating America’s 250th anniversary. The bourbon has a mash bill of 75% corn, 21% rye, and 4% malted barley and is double-oaked in one of the company’s proprietary custom-toasted barrels. Bottled at barrel strength at 111.8 proof, it has a suggested retail price of $84.99. It will be available beginning June 27 exclusively at the Buzzard’s Roost tasting room on Whiskey Row in Louisville and online. Details about a release event can be found on the brand’s Facebook page. buzzardsroostwhiskey.com

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