Crisp apple | Cinnamon powder | Lightly baked dough | Light oak | Faint vanilla

Gentle rye spice | Cinnamon stick | Dab of baking spices | Vanilla | Spiced apple | Gentle oak 

Gentle rye spice | Oak | Light vanilla | Touch of dinner roll

Shortbarrell Bourbon is a passion project turned company from friends and founders Adam Dorfman, Clinton Dugan, and Patrick Lemmond. Starting in 2015, the group selected over 350 barrels in the following 5 years, and in 2021 decided to formally launch the Shortbarrel brand. Based out of Norcross, Georgia, the company expanded into Atlanta proper with the purchase of Old Fourth Distillery in 2023. Originally established in 2014, Old Fourth Distillery was Atlanta’s first legal distillery since 1906.

While Shortbarrel owns a distillery in Atlanta, for their ongoing Four Grain Bourbon release, the company sources barrels from Kentucky. The flavor profile is simple yet pleasing, offering upfront scents that embody light classic bourbon. While the nose displays more of the wheat component within the mashbill, the midpoint leans on more of its rye grain, highlighting various spices and gentle oak. The ending is as straightforward as they come, culminating in spice, oak, vanilla, and a touch of dinner roll thanks to its wheat grain. Overall, this is an easy, gentle sipper, with an easy-to-appreciate price reflective of the sip it's able to offer.