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Classification: Straight Bourbon
Company: Augusta Distillery
Distillery: Sourced from an undisclosed distillery in Kentucky
Release Date: Ongoing
Proof: 120.2
Age: 8 Years
Mashbill: Undisclosed
Color: Burnt Copper
MSRP: $115 / 750mL (2025)
Baking spices | Light cinnamon | Stone fruits | Pie crust
Stone fruits | Baking spices | Fennel | Loads of brown sugar | Graham cracker | Vanilla custard | Green grape | Full-flavored
Tapering baking spices | Apple | Brown sugar | Caramel | Vanilla cookie
The flagship bourbon in Augusta Distillery’s lineup, Old Route 8 Single Barrel 8 Year is full-flavored and delivers on the promise of a “Kentucky hug.”
Augusta Distillery is located in Kentucky on the southern bank of the Ohio River, about two hours northeast of Louisville. The distillery was founded in 2018 and has been releasing sourced bourbon, however they have since transitioned to distilling using their two 35-foot Vendome copper pot stills, giving them an annual distillation capacity of 14,000 barrels.
Old Route 8 Single Barrel 8 Year is Augusta Distillery’s flagship product. According to the company, it’s the first offering in a lineup of four expressions coming to market in the next 5 years. Like all of Augusta Distillery’s current products, it is released as a single barrel, bottled at cask strength, and sourced from an undisclosed distillery in Kentucky. The name originates from Kentucky’s Old Route 8, which “is a beautiful stretch of road that runs along the Ohio River, connecting historic river towns to larger cities and ports. It marks the original east-west route that first brought a new brand of whiskey into the country’s interior and inspired a culture that still thrives today,” according to Augusta Distillery.
The bourbon is a full-flavored affair from start to finish. Baking spices, cinnamon, and pie crust on the nose as tempered with juicy stone fruits, which transitions the bourbon into the sip. Loads of brown sugar help lay a sweet base, with intense baking spices, a hint of fennel, graham cracker, green grape, and vanilla custard combine to form a complex midpoint. Tempering baking spices in the finish reveals apple, brown sugar, caramel, and vanilla cookie. The brand’s website states it delivers a “Kentucky hug,” a term used to describe the lingering after-effect of the warming intensity a bourbon can have when you sip it. While that can be said of many bourbons, Old Route 8 is particularly good at it.
The bourbon in review is bottle number 62 out of 103.
