New Bourbon Releases News for August 15, 2026

9 New Bourbon and other American Whiskeys To Try!

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Contents

Jack Daniel’s — Hard Truth — Garrison Brothers — Chattanooga Whiskey — Redemption — Southern Grace — Ashland — Stetson — Ass Pocket

New Bourbon Releases News For August 15, 2026

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

• Bourbon Obsessed Publishes Its 600th In-Depth Whiskey Review Bourbon Obsessed has published its 600th in-depth whiskey review! The milestone marks more than seven years of reviews, distillery coverage, bourbon news and content across its website, newsletters, podcast, YouTube channel and social media. Read all the details!.
• Jack Daniel’s High Angel’s Share Tennessee Whiskey Review Jack Daniel’s Distillery Series Selection #17, High Angel’s Share Tennessee Whiskey, comes from barrels matured on the top floor of a Coy Hill barrelhouse and is bottled at batch proof. What is this limited 138.4-proof Tennessee whiskey like? Read my review to find out!.
• Bardstown Bourbon Company Victoria Pineapple Barrel Finish Whiskey Review Bardstown Bourbon Company Victoria Pineapple Barrel Finish combines mature bourbon and rye with pineapple rum casks, fresh fruit and toasted oak staves. How did this unusual finishing process translate to the glass? Read my review to find out!.
• Jackson Purchase Kentucky Select Bourbon Review Jackson Purchase Kentucky Select Bourbon is a four-year-old, 108-proof Kentucky straight bourbon made entirely in Hickman and sold only in Kentucky. See what makes this release and its unusual warehouse story stand out in my full review!.
• Starlight Mizunara Reserve Bourbon Review Starlight Mizunara Reserve brings together eight-year estate-distilled bourbon and a finish in rare Japanese Mizunara oak. Batch No. 0003 is bottled at cask strength and offered at 110 proof. Read my full review!.

New Bourbon Releases News For August 15, 2026

New Bourbon Releases For August 15, 2026

Jack Daniel’s High Angel’s Share Straight Tennessee Whiskey

Jack Daniel’s Distillery Series High Angel’s Share Straight Tennessee Whiskey is the 17th selection in the brand’s line of experimental whiskeys. It begins with traditional Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey laid down in 2016 and rested atop Coy Hill on the top floor of Barrelhouse 1-13 for a high angel’s share maturation. As the barrels rested in the highest reaches of the barrelhouse, an increased amount of whiskey was lost, presenting a unique concentration of flavors within the remaining spirit. Selected by Jack Daniel’s Whiskey Taster Dale McGee, it is bottled at a batch proof of 138.4 in 375mL bottles. It became available exclusively in Tennessee and at the White Rabbit Bottle Shop at the Jack Daniel Distillery earlier this month for a suggested retail price of $44.75. Read my review!

Hard Truth Master Distiller’s Reserve Dark Roast Rye

Hard Truth Distilling Co. will release Master Distiller’s Reserve Dark Roast Rye on Sept. 26. The 25-barrel batch is a 50/50 blend of Chocolate Malt Rye (RW-3), made with 51% rye, 38% corn, and 11% chocolate malted barley, and Caramel Malt Rye (RW-4), made with 51% rye, 38% corn, and 11% caramel malted barley. It is aged at least four years and bottled-in-bond at 100 proof (50% ABV), with an MSRP of $59.99. The whiskey will be featured at Hard Truth’s Harvest Festival in Nashville, Indiana (Sept. 26), with limited bottles also available at preview events in Nashville on Aug. 21 and Indianapolis on Aug. 28. Read the full press release here.

2026 Garrison Brothers Cowboy Bourbon

2026 Garrison Brothers Cowboy Bourbon is the 12th edition of Cowboy Bourbon. Each barrel was hand-selected by Master Distiller Donnis Todd and aged for at least eight years. Bottled uncut and unfiltered at cask strength, it is 141 proof, with 16,000 bottles produced. The first 1,000 bottles will be released at Garrison Brothers Distillery in Hye, Texas, on September 12, 2026, beginning at 8 a.m. A 279-bottle allocation will be available from the distillery’s e-commerce store beginning September 18, with a limit of one bottle per order. Nationwide availability at select bars, restaurants and retailers begins October 1. The suggested retail price is $249.99. Read the full press release here.

Chattanooga Whiskey Moldovan Ice Wine Cask Finished

Chattanooga Whiskey Moldovan Ice Wine Cask Finished is the eighth release in the Barrel Finishing Series from Chattanooga Whiskey. The whiskey is a blend of six mash bills: five malt whiskeys and one bourbon. It was aged for over four years, including more than a year in Moldovan ice wine casks, and bottled at 95 proof. It became available at the Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Distillery beginning August 13 and at retailers in D.C., Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. Limited quantities will also be available online through Seelbachs.com. The suggested retail price is $59.99 for a 750mL bottle. Read the full press release here.

Redemption Single Barrel Bonded Bourbon

Redemption Single Barrel Bonded Bourbon is the first bottled-in-bond expression from Redemption Whiskey and the first release in the relaunched Higher Marques Collection. The barrels were distilled from spring 2018 through fall 2019, with each barrel produced during an individual distilling season, at MGP’s Ross & Squibb Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana (DSP-IN-15016). The bourbon was bottled by Redemption Barrel Selections in Frankfort, Kentucky. Each non-chill-filtered single-barrel bourbon is aged for at least six years and carries its own barrel number, distilling season, mash bill and age statement. The mash bill is 60% corn, 36% rye and 4% malted barley. It is bottled at 100 proof and will be available nationwide beginning September 2026 for $49.99 per 750mL bottle. Redemption 18-Year-Old Bourbon will also return in limited quantities in fall 2026 at 102.85 proof (barrel proof) and $399.99. Read the full press release here.

New Bourbon Releases News For August 15, 2026

Conviction 7-Year-Old Bottled in Bond Bourbon

Conviction 7-Year-Old Bottled in Bond Bourbon is the first bottled-in-bond bourbon from Southern Grace Distilleries (also known as Whiskey Prison). It was hand-blended from eight barrels from the spring 2019 distilling season, all barreled in February 2019. The barrels were selected for blending balance, moderate proof and rick dispersity, then combined through a three-day blending process. The seven-year-old bourbon was proofed with purified water and bottled at 100 proof. It was released August 8, 2026, at the Whiskey Prison Gift Shop in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, for the NC ABC price of $72.95. Availability at North Carolina ABC stores is unconfirmed. www.southerngracedistilleries.com/.

Ashland Bourbon

Ashland Bourbon, produced by Bespoken Spirits, is a limited-edition Kentucky straight bourbon finished with medium-toast sugar maple wood. Carefully distilled and selected, each bottle is individually numbered “to commemorate the Centennial Celebration of the Henry Clay Memorial Foundation” and a century of preserving Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate, “as a landmark, a legacy, and a living piece of American history.” The bourbon has a mash bill of 70% corn, 21% wheat and 9% malted barley and is bottled at 108 proof. It is available through the estate’s website for $200. henryclay.org/bourbon/.

Stetson Bourbon

Stetson Bourbon is a new Kentucky straight bourbon created through “the first-ever collaboration between two of Kentucky’s most respected producers,” Green River Distilling Co. and Bardstown Bourbon Company. Developed with Kentucky Master Blender Dan Callaway, it is a proprietary high-rye blend aged an average of seven years. The bourbon is bottled at 100 proof and is available through the brand’s website and at select Texas retailers for $70, with broader distribution planned. Its bottle features The Last Drop from His Stetson, a painting by Western artist Lon Megargee that has been associated with the Stetson brand since the early 1920s. Source: Breaking Bourbon.

Ass Pocket Whiskey Lot No. 6

Ass Pocket Whiskey Lot No. 6 is an 11-year-old Heritage Kentucky straight bourbon selected by APW founder Derek Trucks. Its mash bill is 78% corn, 13% rye and 9% malted barley, and it is bottled at 100 proof in APW’s signature 200mL flask. The brand takes its name from an old Delta juke-joint term for a flask—“something you kept on you so you could keep it in you”—reflecting its philosophy that premium whiskey should be opened and enjoyed rather than collected. Listed purchase options include a single bottle for $50, two bottles in a collectible box for $99.99, the collectible two-pack with an additional Lot No. 6 bottle for $144.99, and a $139.98 bundle pairing the Lot No. 6 two-pack with a three-pack of 7-year-old, 92-proof APW Original. asspocketwhiskey.com/.

New Bourbon Releases News For August 15, 2026

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