Garrison Brothers Distillery announced the release of 2025 Guadalupe on Saturday, July 12, at the distillery. It will become available nationally by the end of July. 

Named after one of the Lone Star State’s most beautiful rivers, the 2025 Guadalupe Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey, finished in port wine barrels, will enter the market with a total of approximately 8,600 bottles available including the first 1,000 to be claimed on release day at the distillery. 

In its fifth annual release, the story of Guadalupe kicked off in 2015 when Garrison Brothers procured a local winery’s decades-old port casks to age 4-year-old bourbon. Shortly after, Garrison Brothers Master Distiller Donnis Todd started sourcing for a more expansive port cask bourbon project. The maturation combination comes from four years in white American oak casks followed by two years in tawny port casks.

As with every expression of Garrison Brothers bourbon, Guadalupe is handcrafted from grain to glass at the distillery in Hye, Texas. This limited release bourbon is bottled at 107 proof and is made with a sweet mash of number one food-grade corn, soft red winter wheat, and barley, all sourced from Texas. Every bottle of Guadalupe is numbered and hand dipped in copper color wax to finish. 

“Water makes the whiskey,” Todd said in a news release. “Guadalupe 2025 is bold and beautiful—shaped by Hye’s wild Texas temperature swings, then proofed with rainwater we harvest on our 68-acre ranch. That devotion to clean environment is a big part of what makes Garrison Brothers legendary.” 

This year and for the first time, in addition to the 2025 Guadalupe release of 1,000 bottles at the distillery event, Garrison Brothers will also be releasing 1,000 bottles of Guadalupe Cask Strength Single Barrel, bottled at proofs ranging from 123.9 to 129.8 and priced at $219.99. 

Garrison Brothers will donate $50 from every bottle of Guadalupe Cask Strength sold to Gulf Trust. Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation is proud to serve as an incubator for the Gulf Trust, which was launched to provide Texas-based, science-backed solutions that support a vibrant and resilient Texas Coast and Gulf.

“Texans live in a coastal state, not just a state with a coast,” Jay Kleberg, Executive Director, Gulf Trust, said, “and every one of our rivers, including the Guadalupe, flows to the Gulf. We are all connected by water, and with this partnership, Garrison Brothers and its customers are supporting healthier waters — for Texas and beyond.”

Garrison Brothers Straight Bourbon Whiskey is sold nationwide at fine liquor stores and served at key restaurants and bars. Guadalupe 2025 suggested retail is $149.99. For more information and to find Guadalupe, go to www.garrisonbros.com.

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About Garrison Brothers

Garrison Brothers Distillery, located in Hye, Texas, in the beautiful Hill Country, is the first legal bourbon distillery in Texas history, and the first distillery outside of Kentucky to produce authentic, handcrafted, corn-to-cork bourbon whiskey — and only bourbon whiskey. Founded in 2006 by Dan and Nancy Garrison, Garrison Brothers bourbon first entered the market in 2010. Anyone interested in learning more about Garrison Brothers or taking a tour of the distillery can visit garrisonbros.com.