Our second release with Barrell this year in a custom bottling, this is the second release of Grey Label Infinite to exist on the market. It also bears an age statement. The youngest component of this whiskey is 17 years old, and it represents one of the most exciting bottlings I’ve have the privilege of working on with the Barrell Craft Spirits team. My hat goes off to Nic Christiansen who was the driving force behind this final blend and it is a masterpiece. It’s a privilege to work with Barrell on these releases, and I’m excited to unveil our most daring release yet, exclusively for us. This project started in May of 2023, so it’s a long time coming.
With last year’s T8ke Private Bourbon blend and the 10th Anniversary blend, I was encouraged by reception and committed to think bigger, and to put more time and effort into creating a couple pillared releases that are true exclusives to our group. Barrell shares that vision and our first question was: “but how do we go bigger than last year?” It wasn’t long before we were discussing the first grey label private release for a group. At this tier in their production, nothing was off limits.
If you’ve never seen packaging like this before, it’s because it’s exclusive to our group entirely.
The components for this blend are insane. And, yet, we were able to be very aggressive with the pricing. This will come in under last year’s promotional Seagrass Grey Label pricing and our second release one again yielded 1,005 bottles. I say second, because this is the second chapter of a story we’re telling all year long. There will be one more chapter after this release, dropping in Fall of 2024. The first chapter dropped in March.
This release features Ratafia de Champagne as the finish, which has been one of my favorite finishes of all time, and represents one of the most popular finishes in our program. It’s a French liqueur produced in Champagne, France that’s rich, decadent, balanced and super opulent.
This release is bottled in true Grey Label fashion. Gold foiled labels, display box with gold foiling, and that weaponized metal/rubber cork.
Blend Components:
- Tennessee Bourbon: 17 Years
- Indiana Bourbon: 17 Years
- Canadian Rye: 17 Years
- Canadian Whiskey: 17 Years
- Scottish Whiskey: 22 Years
- Canadian Whiskey: 24 Years
This blend was composed and married, before another portion was pulled for finishing in Ratafia de Champagne casks. That portion comprises the second chapter of 2024’s Grey Label Infinite project for r/Bourbon. It is avant-garde, it is unique and it is unlike any other whiskey you’ll try. The final chapter this fall will continue to add and build upon this continued architecture, with the addition of the oldest ky bourbon this program has seen and one final finish. 
I present to you, Infinite Chapter II. It will go quickly, and it will release at 12pm Central this coming Monday. There is enough inventory we don’t need the wave system as there will be plenty of time for y’all to checkout for this release but it will likely sell out same day. So, set your calendars, and get set. If for some reason this goes faster than last time, we’ll implement waves for the final release this year.
- Distilled: Various
- Aged In: Various
- Bottled: Kentucky, USA (Barrell Craft Spirits)
- Details: Cask Strength, No Coloring, No Additives, No Filtering
- ABV: 59.11% ABV
- Age: 17 Years
- Yield: 1,005 Bottles minus safety case holdbacks.
- T8ke’s Tasting Notes: Expressive, bold, almost musical. The nose is packed with honeyed oranges, sweet cream, apricots, rich tobacco, satisfying brioche and opulent demerara sugar. A hint of cracked pepper and baking spice lead into caramel apple, toffee, icing, sweet oak and a blast of clover honey. The palate is chewy, monstrous, rich and decadent. Layers of honey, apple, tobacco, demerara and brioche combines with brown butter, brulee. It’s bolder, richer, more layered than Infinite I and it bakes in this decadent sweetness, richness and texture, amping up the mouthfeel and the richness from Chapter 1. The finish is long, full of spice, sweetness, rich dessert and lovely, harmonious oak. Baked apple, bold tannin, brioche and brown butter see this pour out. A completely evolutionary growth from the first release to this release, in an ever expanding, ever complex, Infinite bottling.