Chattanooga Whiskey 91 is the signature offering of its namesake distillery and showcases their signature "high malt" style, requiring at least 25% of the mash bill to be specialty malted grains. Chattanooga Whiskey is the first producer within city limits since before prohibition and its founders were heavily involved in getting Tennessee State and local laws changed to allow for distillation outside of the traditional three distilling counties, "Vote Whiskey". While they originally sourced whiskey from MGP, they have been producing whiskey at their downtown location since 2016 and the larger riverfront facility since 2017. The Tennessee High Malt style is a bread baker's approach to whiskey, showcasing the character of the grains, often from bespoke varieties and sources. This results in less of a focus on wood flavors with the upshot that Chattanooga bottlings tend to be younger, dumped before the barrel character can drown out the mash. It is basically imp...
Produced by Sazerac's Barton 1792 distillery, Early Times Bottled-in-Bond (commonly referred to as "ET") is an enthusiast cult favorite that has morphed substantially over the last decade. A brand originally created in 1860 by John Henry "Jack Beam" (yes the uncle of Jim Beam), Early Times was acquired by Born-Foreman during Prohibition when it was sold as "medicinal whiskey", surviving the drought to become the best selling bourbon in the U.S. by 1953. Under pressure from the Vodka Boom, Brown-Foreman shifted to using refill cooperage in the 1980s to save cost, resulting in the brand losing its regulatory status as bourbon. BF re-introduced the bottled-in-bond edition in 2017 as a 75th-anniversary tribute to its peak, hoping to capitalize on the burgeoning bourbon boom. In 2020, Sazerac purchased the brand and production moved from DSP-KY-354 (Shively/Brown-Forman) to DSP-KY-12 (Barton 1792 in Bardstown Kentucky). You may see Early Times split betwe...