Home of Vintages Publicizes Launch of Collector-Grade BHAKTA 2005 Bourbon, an Object of Prophecy
POULTNEY, VT, UNITED STATES, December 2, 2024 BHAKTA Spirits, the world’s preeminent Home of Vintages, introduced right this moment the launch of the rarest, oldest, and most storied whiskey but provided from its spirits library, BHAKTA 2005 Bourbon (SRP $1,000). Solely 555 bottles will see launch.
Topped with a gilded “hood decoration” topper of BHAKTA Spirits Founder Raj Peter Bhakta astride an elephant, this lavish single classic bourbon solidifies the model’s ascent into the higher echelon of the standing spirits section.
Distilled in Tennessee, BHAKTA 2005 Bourbon’s maturation journey carried it throughout two continents, three distinct casks, and 4 distinctive climates — the Smoky Mountains, the Inexperienced Mountains, the sweeping plains of Indiana, and the chilly climes of Glasgow. Whereas in Scotland, it aged in a former Rolls-Royce manufacturing facility famed for having as soon as produced the “Merlin” plane engines that powered Allied fighter planes to victory in WWII’s Battle of Britain.
BHAKTA 2005 Bourbon accomplished its last getting older throughout the BHAKTA-GRISWOLD Spirits Library of the model’s faculty campus headquarters, the place it was completed in a notably spectacular barrel of BHAKTA 1975 Armagnac (SRP $379).
Nineteen-year-old bourbons are usually no good — like those many collectors at present chase. However ‘The Elijah Prophecy,’ elevated by its Armagnac pedigree, units a brand new benchmark for collectability.”
— Raj Peter Bhakta
Bottled at cask energy of 107.4 proof and provided at 19 years and three months of age, this uncommon bourbon is an uncommon distillation of 84% corn, 8% rye, and eight% malted barley. It represents a serious new discovery for collectors in the hunt for specificity and decadence.
“Nineteen-year-old bourbons are usually no good — like those many collectors at present chase,” notes Founder Raj Peter Bhakta. “However none have ever tasted fairly like this. Due to its astounding odyssey of getting older and elevation, and in no small half because of its last training in Armagnac, BHAKTA 2005 Bourbon units a brand new benchmark for collectability. Could its prophecy deliver you luck, because it has for me.”
Because of its triple cask maturation, Armagnac pedigree, and astonishing age, this beautiful new entry into the class provides the kind of sensory expertise uncommon amongst even the world’s most sought-after high-end bourbons. BHAKTA 2005 Bourbon reveals an intricate taste profile of blood orange, oak spice, leather-based, Moroccan chamomile, heirloom tobacco, and antebellum molasses. And the place phrases of superlative ought to fall brief, the additional inches of altitude endowed by its gleaming, elephantine adornment guarantee its place as a literal reduce above its opponents.
The traditionally correct bottle topper depicts Raj Peter Bhakta’s “Crossing of the Rio Grande” (2006), a viral Congressional marketing campaign stunt that buoyed his longshot bid for Pennsylvania’s thirteenth District into the nationwide zeitgeist. Every BHAKTA 2005 Bourbon arrives lavishly packaged in a glass-windowed picket field handcrafted by Andrew Bosela of Wild Roots Woodworking, in partnership with the School of St. Joseph the Employee’s woodshop of Steubenville, Ohio. Honoring BHAKTA’s spirit of each custom and innovation, these bespoke bottle bins impressed by Gothic and Artwork Deco structure have been crafted from Osage, walnut, and padauk.
BHAKTA 2005 Bourbon additionally symbolizes an inflection level within the life and occasions of Bhakta the person. As his inaugural barrel acquisition following his departure from WhistlePig, the long-lasting American whiskey model he based in 2007, this scarce classic has lengthy remained a intently guarded private treasure. So intently guarded, actually, that the cask has been granted its last years of relaxation inside Bhakta’s private residence. Nearer nonetheless, these 555 bottles of naught-five bourbon have earned a most intimate moniker — “The Elijah Prophecy” — an homage to Bhakta’s fifth baby, who was born on the fifth day of the fifth month of this yr. The prophecy has revealed that every one who maintain these bottles will probably be blessed with magnificent luck.
Whereas simply the model’s fifth-ever whiskey classic, BHAKTA 2005 Bourbon is the primary to interrupt 4 figures upon launch. It’s positioned because the highest-reaching whiskey expression but provided from the BHAKTA Home of Vintages — a triumph memorialized with its opulent hood decoration topper and extravagantly handcrafted bottle field. The brand new launch joins a distinguished aggressive set of Pappy Van Winkle 20 12 months Household Reserve, Michter’s 20 12 months Kentucky Straight Bourbon, and Elijah Craig Single Barrel Bourbon 20 Years Previous.
BHAKTA 2005 Bourbon will probably be accessible at choose retailers and most well-liked eating places. Personal collectors can have the chance to accumulate it by the BHAKTA Spirits Personal Consumer Program. A extremely restricted variety of its 555 bottles will probably be provided to loyal on-line prospects by the model’s web site; in the end, what scarce inventory stays over time to return will probably be accessible solely on the secondary market.
To make sure achievement of “The Elijah Prophecy” — and to ensure supply of the magnificent blessings of fine fortune provided by this landmark launch — fanatics are suggested to behave shortly.
About BHAKTA 2005 Bourbon Whiskey (SRP $1,000)
—Aged 19 Years, 3 months
—1975 Armagnac Cask end
—Cask energy 107.4 proof | 53.7% ABV
—84% Corn, 8% Rye, 8% Malted Barley
—Exceptionally restricted launch of 555 bottles
Tasting Notes
—Facet: Ruby Purple
—Nostril: Toasted almond, Moroccan chamomile, and antebellum molasses
—Palate: Seville orange, baking spices, stewed pears, and layered oak spice
—End: Lengthy, semi-dry, and evolving, exhibiting charred oak, blood orange, well-aged leather-based, and heirloom tobacco
About BHAKTA Spirits
BHAKTA Spirits is the world’s preeminent Home of Vintages. Based by visionary entrepreneur Raj Peter Bhakta — additionally the founding father of WhistlePig Whiskey and Hogsworth — BHAKTA provides a luxurious craft spirits portfolio of limited-release single classic whiskeys, brandies, rums, and extra, anchored by its historical and awe-inspiring Armagnac holdings courting again to 1868. An innovator within the experiential hospitality house, BHAKTA’s locations embody historic properties in France, Vermont, and Florida. BHAKTA Spirits is headquartered on its BHAKTA-GRISWOLD Campus in Poultney, VT, the previous website of Inexperienced Mountain School.
