{"id":148969,"date":"2026-05-26T05:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailypour.com\/?p=148969"},"modified":"2026-05-26T20:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:47:34","slug":"bardstown-bourbon-co-distillery-reserve-mars-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailypour.com\/whiskey\/bardstown-bourbon-co-distillery-reserve-mars-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Bardstown Bourbon Co.’s Latest Distillery Reserve Release Blends Bourbon With Japanese Whisky \u2014\u00a0And We Got an Early Taste"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Photo: Bardstown Bourbon Company)<\/p><\/div>\n

Bardstown Bourbon Company’s Distillery Reserve program had a remarkable debut in 2025, landing two top-15 entries in our 100 Best Whiskeys of the Year rankings<\/a>. The latest release more than belongs in that elite company.<\/p>\n

Distillery Reserve Mars Single Malt Japanese Blend is a collaboration with Japan’s Mars Distilleries, and it goes further than most cross-cultural whiskey projects, which usually start and end with a simple barrel finish. Rather than finishing one spirit in a cask that previously held the other, Bardstown and Mars blended bourbon and Japanese single malt together and allowed that blend to rest in the barrel for a year, letting the two fully integrate. The result is available May 29 exclusively at Bardstown Bourbon Co.’s distillery gift shop and its Louisville tasting room, in the Distillery Reserve’s signature 375-milliliter format, for $99.99.<\/p>\n

“This project is about more than blending \u2014 it’s about true integration,” Bardstown Bourbon Co. Master Blender Dan Callaway. “By aging Japanese single malt whiskies together with Kentucky bourbon in the same barrel, we’ve created something entirely new. The result is a seamless conversation between two traditions, where neither overpowers the other, and both are elevated.”<\/p>\n

Breaking Down the Blend<\/h2>\n

The blend is divided up as follows:<\/p>\n