Chattanooga Whiskey announced its latest Bottled in Bond Vintage: Spring 2022. Made from a blend of only two mash bills, this seasonal vintage is one of the team’s most simply constructed  offerings to date – made possible by the addition of a new, complex five-grain recipe to the series: SB112. 

Developed in early 2017, this recipe was originally released as an Experimental Single Barrel in mid-2021, before  it was selected and scaled to their larger Riverfront Distillery in Spring 2022. Four years later, the mash bill now gets a larger spotlight. 

“Every new mash bill we create goes through four years of testing at our Experimental Distillery before we even consider scaling it to our Riverfront Distillery for Bottled in Bond,” Grant McCracken, Founding Distiller, said in a news release. “After that, the recipe is tweaked slightly and starts over on the larger system. True to style, every Bottled in Bond release is four years old, but every mash bill has gone through eight years of development before it ends up in a vintage blend.” 

The new mash bill, SB112, specifically contains three types of dark caramel malt: “cara aroma malt,” “caramel  bohemian malt,” and “extra special caramel malt.” These caramel malts are roasted at higher temperatures like  chocolate or coffee – adding layers of dark caramel richness to the blend while preserving the elegant malt of  their signature “Barrel 91” recipe. 

Made in accordance with the Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, every component of the Spring 2022 Vintage was  distilled and barreled between January 2022 to June 2022 at the company’s Riverfront Distillery. As usual, this blend was crafted through a collaborative, multi-month tasting process conducted by the entire distilling team – refining each version through multiple rounds of blind tastings. 

“Mash bills and collaborative blending have always been our team’s super power,” McCracken said. “For most distilleries, Bottled in  Bond is pretty much their flagship recipe brought to four years and 100 proof, but our BIB is very different. Spring  vintages are meant to taste more like spring, fall vintages taste more like fall, and every single vintage blend is made  to say something new.” 

After five years and 10 vintages, Chattanooga Whiskey’s Bottled-in-Bond Series has become a favorite among  whiskey lovers for its unique combination of renewed character, affordability, and availability. This season’s vintage marks the milestone with a new blue closure – a packaging detail more commonly found in vintage wine, but chosen to highlight the seasonal, limited nature of the series.  

Bottled in Bond: Spring 2022 will be available at the Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Distillery on May 14,  2026, and on shelves in select states (AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, NJ, NY, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, WI) in the following weeks at $52.99 for a 750ml bottle. Limited quantities will also be available online at  Seelbachs.com. 

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About Chattanooga Whiskey 

Founded in 2011, Chattanooga Whiskey challenged the laws and won the right to distill whiskey in Chattanooga  for the first time in 100 years. As a result, the Chattanooga Whiskey Experimental Distillery – the only standalone experimental distillery in the country – was born. The distillery now hosts over 50,000 visitors annually and  serves as a hub of innovation and creativity to push the boundaries of craft whiskey. For more information, visit https://chattanoogawhiskey.com/.