Four Roses 9 Year 5 Month Old Private Barrel Selection OESV Recipe Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2025 Exclusive Signed by Brent Elliot Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (2025) 75cl

An exclusive single barrel of Four Roses bourbon that are the rarest kind that barely hit the UK market. This one has been released for the Kentucky Bourbon Festival and sold out to long lines waiting to have one signed by Brent Elliot, the master distiller himself.

OESV translates to a 75% corn, 20% rye, 5% barley mashbill and a personality that is “delicate fruit and caramel. Bourbon that’s not overly fruity, spicy, herbal or floral. Its light fruit flavours of pear and apricot balance nicely with corn and rye notes to achieve an elegant, nuanced Bourbon.”

Of the 10 (soon to be 20) bourbon recipes from Four Roses, the brand and their Master Distiller Brent Elliott describe 'OESV' as the most delicate. It uses the 'E' mashbill, which is the lower-rye version of the two current options: 75% corn, 20% rye, and 5% malted barley. It also uses the 'V' yeast strain, which is said to add some light, delicate fruit notes to the bourbon.

About Four Roses

Four Roses Bourbon has a longstanding and eventful history, both in the United States and internationally. The story of the bourbon’s founding is quite charming. Legend has it that founder Paul Jones Jr. came up with the Four Roses name after being smitten with a Southern belle to whom he proposed. He told her that if she agreed to marry him, she would wear a corsage of roses to an upcoming ball. She said yes, and chose to wear a 4 red rose corsage, hence the name.

The bourbon was officially founded in 1888 in Louisville, Kentucky, but Paul Jones Jr. claimed to have been making this bourbon starting in the 1860s. Paul purchased Frankfort Distilling Co. in 1922 and the business flourished. In 1940, Seagram purchased Frankfort, also acquiring the Four Roses Kentucky Straight Bourbon business. Four Roses was the top-selling bourbon in the U.S. from the ’30s to the ’50s, but they decided to stop selling it in the U.S. and focused instead on the growing European and Asian markets, in which it also became the top-selling bourbon. Seagram then focused solely on a blended whiskey version of Four Roses for the U.S., which damaged the brand’s domestic reputation, putting it in the “rotgut” category.

It all started with a marriage proposal and a corsage of four roses... Explore the story of how a romantic gesture grew to help establish one of the world's most beloved bourbon brands.

Domestic revival came in 2002, when the Kirin Brewery Company purchased Four Roses brand, naming the business Four Roses Distillery LLC. Once again, Four Roses proved its popularity in the U.S. and is now a loved and top selling bourbon.

58.8% ABV

75cl