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Jefferson's Files a 20-Year-Old Bordeaux-Finished Cask Strength Bourbon
A TTB COLA filing reveals Jefferson's Bourbon Company has registered a 20-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon finished in French Bordeaux wine casks and bottled at cask strength — with only 250 bottles in existence.
TTB Roundup: Four Roses Experiment No. 003 & Lost Lantern's First Virginia Cask
Three June 2026 COLA approvals worth watching: Four Roses files Experiment No. 003 (Chestnut Cask Finish) to extend its Experimental Series, and Lost Lantern debuts its first Virginia straight bourbon from Richmond's Reservoir Distillery.
Dark Arts Whiskey House Files Two New Cask Strength Store Pick Options
Dark Arts Whiskey House just landed two new TTB label approvals on the same day: a 7.5-year Cognac Cask + Toasted Mizunara Stave finish (Batch Vol II) and a 7-year single barrel finished with Brown Sugar Toasted French Oak Staves — both cask-strength Kentucky straight bourbon (placeholder) store picks filed June 2026.
Very Olde St. Nick "Royal Alchemy" 17-Year Files with TTB
Preservation Distillery has filed a new Very Olde St. Nick expression — "Royal Alchemy" — a 17-year Kentucky straight bourbon drawn from vintage casks, approved by the TTB on May 29, 2026.
Very Olde St. Nick Files Three New Kentucky Bourbons: Superfreak Lot 2, After Breakfast & It's Good to Be Queen
Preservation Distillery filed three new Very Olde St. Nick labels with the TTB on May 28, 2026: a second lot of the micro-batch Superfreak series, a 17-year single-numbered expression called After Breakfast, and a 10-year unfiltered bottling dubbed It's Good to Be Queen.