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Classification: Bourbon
Company: Frey Ranch Distillery
Distillery: Frey Ranch Distillery
Release Date: July 2025
Proof: 130.24
Age: 6 Years, 2 Months, 1 Day
Mashbill: 60% Corn, 10% Wheat, 10% Rye, 10% Malted Barley, 10% Oat
Color: Dark Gold
MSRP: $90 / 750mL (2025)
Caramel apple | Red raspberry | Butterscotch | Cranberry | Seasoned oak
Raisin | Milk chocolate | Roasted coffee | Red raspberry | Stewed cherry | Light grain
Prune | Oatmeal raisin cookie | Seasoned oak | Lingering floral & red fruit notes
Frey Ranch Five Grain Single Barrel Bourbon showcases its complex mashbill with a potent and flavorful bourbon that stands out as among Frey Ranch’s whiskeys.
Frey Ranch Distillery is an estate distillery located in northern Nevada. On this 165 year old, 1,500-acre family farm, they grow all of their grains, malt their barley, and the whiskey is both produced and aged on their grounds.
Frey Ranch Five Grain Single Barrel Bourbon is the company’s latest limited release and consists of just two single barrels that feature a five grain mashbill. Oat is the new member joining the crew, though Frey Ranch has dabbled with it before in other limited releases. The company press release states that, “Oats are notoriously difficult to distill, but (Master Distiller) Russell Wedlake and I [Whiskey Farmer Colby Frey] love a challenge. Oat is 60 percent hulls by volume and low on starch, which is problematic for a whiskey maker, as the hulls plug up the stills and the low starch means a lower yield per barrel.”
Though the bourbon comes at you hot, it brings with it a wealth of warm flavors. The aroma is extremely expressive with a playful mix of caramel and fruit. The palate features delicious raisin, red raspberry, and stewed cherries that contrast nicely with its other notes of roasted coffee and milk chocolate. The finish features prune upfront, with oatmeal raisin cookie and intensely seasoned oak following. Notably, there are lingering floral and red fruit notes at the end that do a fantastic job capping off this bourbon.
With four of the five grains clocking in at 10%, it’s hard to pull any particular grain out from one another. But it’s the conjoined effort here of all of the grains that makes Frey Ranch Five Grain Single Barrel Bourbon such an impactful and delicious-tasting bourbon. Given the big flavor present and a surprising balance among them, there’s hope one day Frey Ranch can make it part of their ongoing portfolio.
The bourbon in review is from barrel #3016.
