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Kentsylvania: Two Craft Distilleries Blend Bourbon And Rye Into One Bottle

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We pour MB Roland’s Kentsylvania, a rare Kentucky bourbon and Pennsylvania rye collaboration, and figure out why it tastes like a completely new whiskey instead of a simple mash-up. Along the way we pair it with aged Briar Fox pipe tobacco, debate how smoke shifts the flavor, and unpack what makes MB Roland such an interesting grain-to-glass craft distillery.

• how Kennsylvania is built from two single barrels and why that matters

• what MB Roland does differently in western Kentucky, including white corn

• the idea of honoring local history through bottles like Barker’s Mill…

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