A Tribute to Early 20th-Century Whiskey – Available March 2025
Chattanooga, TN (March 2025) – Chattanooga Whiskey has announced the latest release in its award-winning Experimental Single Batch Series – Batch 043: Pre-Prohibition Style. This commemorative whiskey celebrates a decade of innovation at the Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Distillery, which, in 2015, became the city’s first legal production distillery since Prohibition.
Batch 043 is an homage to early 20th-century whiskey, meticulously crafted to mimic the bold, complex flavors of pre-Prohibition bourbon.
🎉 Celebrating 10 Years of Chattanooga Whiskey’s Experimental Distillery
🏺 Inspired by Pre-Prohibition Whiskey-Making Techniques
🔥 Crafted with Heritage Grains, Multi-Strain Fermentation & Unique Barrel Aging
🥃 Unfiltered & Bottled at 110 Proof
Recreating the Essence of Pre-Prohibition Bourbon
“For this Experimental Batch, our goal was to make a high malt whiskey that was evocative of a specific place and time: Chattanooga, Tennessee, pre-Prohibition,” said Grant McCracken, Founding Distiller.
To achieve this, Chattanooga Whiskey’s distillers used:
✔ Heritage-style grains – A harder variety of yellow corn, slow-toasted barleys, spelt, and rye malts
✔ Old-world fermentation methods – A two-part process using an overnight sour mash and multi-strain yeast fermentation to replicate traditional whiskey cultures
✔ Traditional pot distillation – Double pot distilled, mimicking pre-Prohibition techniques
✔ Unique barrel aging – Aged for over four years in custom toasted and charred oak barrels, mimicking 19th-century coopering methods
Finally, the whiskey was bottled unfiltered at 110 proof, reflecting the bold, undiluted whiskey styles of the early 1900s.
“What began as a project to recreate a whiskey style eventually became the blueprint of a dream whiskey from another era. If our distilling team had a time machine, we’d go back and make a whiskey like this. Then again, who says we didn’t? And who says this isn’t that whiskey?” – Grant McCracken, Founding Distiller
Tasting Notes – Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Batch 043
🥃 Proof: 110
🎯 Price: $69.99 (750ml)
🏡 Availability: Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Distillery & Online (Seelbachs.com – select states)
✅ Aroma: Toasted raisin bread, dark honey
✅ Flavor: Chocolate chip cookie dough, caramel corn, fresh plum
✅ Finish: Long-lasting with rich, heritage malt complexity
Chattanooga Whiskey – Pushing the Boundaries of Craft Whiskey
Founded in 2011, Chattanooga Whiskey fought to change outdated laws and became the first legal distillery in Chattanooga in over 100 years. The Experimental Distillery, home to over 100 unique whiskey recipes, serves as a creative hub for innovation, while the Riverfront Distillery produces Chattanooga Whiskey’s signature expressions:
🔥 Chattanooga Whiskey 91
🔥 Cask 111
🔥 99 Rye
🔥 Bottled in Bond Vintage Series & Barrel Finishing Series
Chattanooga Whiskey’s relentless commitment to quality, complexity, and authenticity has earned them recognition, including:
🏆 Icons of Whisky – Craft Producer of the Year (America & Global, 2023 – Whisky Magazine’s World Whiskies Awards)
📍 Visit: Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Distillery – 1439 Market St., Chattanooga, TN
📍 Production Home: Riverfront Distillery – 890 Riverfront Pkwy, Chattanooga, TN
🔗 Learn More & Order Online: www.chattanoogawhiskey.com
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