Widow Jane, the Red Hook, Brooklyn, distillery, announced the release of Borough Blend Bourbon, an exclusive marriage of Widow Jane’s signature 10 year old bourbons selected by bartenders from across New York’s iconic boroughs that will be available only in New York.

A group of seven of New York’s best bartenders gathered at Widow Jane Distillery to taste through a range of blends and select the one that best represented New York City with its distinct flavors, aromas, and intensity.

“For the 23 years I’ve been living in New York, I’ve never tired of the city,” Widow Jane Head Distiller Sienna Jevremov, who led the session, said in a news release. “It is addictively full of potential; full of art to experience, new tastes and smells to perceive, and stories to live and learn. I feel much the same about the realm of whiskey. It’s only right to bring together these two complex, complicated and beautiful worlds with the help of some incredibly talented bartenders. After all, these are the people who make both communities the true wonders they are.”

Widow Jane Borough Blend Bourbon marries straight bourbons from five barrels, a nod to New York City’s five boroughs. Each is aged for a minimum of 10 years in new American oak barrels and feature the intensity of flavor that has become a calling card for the distillery’s whiskeys through the years. 

In keeping with Widow Jane tradition, the liquid is non-chill filtered and proofed with Widow Jane’s own mineral water, which is transported regularly from the legendary Rosendale mines of New York located just 100 miles north of the distillery and yields a round mouthfeel and long finish.

“So much of Widow Jane is quintessentially New York,” Brenton Land, owner of Madeline’s in Brooklyn, said. “Take the block the distillery is on – love em or hate em, cobblestone streets are such a tried and true New York thing that reflects history. Every time you encounter cobblestone, you are forced to think about why they’re there. That leads me to think about the rich history of the city. Nowadays, every time I hit cobblestone I think of Widow Jane. Happy to have this distillery as a part of my city and excited to be part of this project.”

“The Statue of Liberty reminds me of Widow Jane; you can practically peek around the corner from the distillery and see her,” Amy O’Neil, Bartender at Pier 17 in Queens. “She stands tall and is an iconic symbol of what can be achieved if you bring people together from different walks of life with the hope of making something beautiful. Widow Jane does this with their ability to recognize the small differences in each blend that complement each other.”

Widow Jane Borough Blend is bottled at 91 proof and has an SRP of $74.99/750ml. 2,400 bottles are available in cases of six each.

The Packaging

Borough Blend’s label, designed in-house by Michele Clark, calls back to New York’s towering skyline when viewed at night. We see the Brooklyn Bridge and Empire State Building, each of which was built with cement from the legendary Rosendale Mines of NY, the very same place from which Widow Jane sources all of the mineral water used to proof its whiskeys.

To pay tribute to New York City’s legendary subway system, the bottle’s cork top features an inset metal token designed in the style of the historic subway token. Etched with ‘Widow Jane Distillery’, this token is reminiscent of the ‘bullseye’ subway token that was used from 1986 to 1995. 

Cocktails crafted with Widow Jane Borough Blend will be available at Botanica at Widow Jane throughout the summer.

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About Widow Jane Distillery

Widow Jane is an award-winning artisanal distillery located in the New York City neighborhood of Red Hook, Brooklyn. The company is named in homage to one of the legendary mines of Rosendale in Upstate New York, from which the brand sources its proofing water. Before becoming a natural reserve of extraordinary mineral water, the mines produced the natural cement used to construct some of the most iconic American landmarks, such as the Brooklyn Bridge and the Empire State Building, among others. To learn more, visit https://widowjane.com/.