Frey Ranch Distillery announced the release of its Frey Ranch Harvester Series: Second Harvest, a wheat whiskey that highlights the sustainable and slow grown grains cultivated and harvested exclusively on the Frey Ranch farm in Northern Nevada. 

The release of Second Harvest coincides with the distillery’s annual Whiskey Harvest – a period between August and October when Co-Founder and Whiskey Farmer Colby Frey harvests the corn, wheat, barley, rye, and oats that are used to make all Frey Ranch whiskeys. 

For this limited-edition release, Colby and his wife Ashley again tapped the talents of Master Blender Nancy Fraley, who cherry picked her favorite single barrels alongside the Freys and Frey Ranch Master Distiller Russell Wedlake to create a unique whiskey blend.

Whereas the brand’s inaugural Harvester Series (First Harvest) release leaned heavily into a rye-dominant blend, Second Harvest is a blend of predominantly 100% wheat whiskey. Compared to First Harvest, with its peppery spice, Second Harvest has a softer, rounder and sweeter taste profile. Capitalizing on the growing popularity of wheat whiskeys among collectors and connoisseurs, Second Harvest showcases the soft, white winter wheat that Colby’s family has been growing for generations.

With Nancy at the helm of the blending process, the group selected several barrels – drawing from the diverse array of single barrels and mashbills available from Frey Ranch’s stock of farm-grown whiskey. With barrels ranging in age from eight years and seven months to four years and six months, the blend of this spirit features 52.5% of 100% Wheat Whiskey, followed by 14.25% of Four Grain Bourbon, 9.5% of 100% Unmalted Barley Whiskey, 9.5% of 100% Malted Barley Whiskey, 9.5% of 100% Barley Whiskey (half malted & half unmalted), which is rounded off with a whisper of Quad Malt Whiskey at 4.25%.

At 122.44 proof, the liquid inside the bottle is a testament to the slow grown grains harvested by Colby, the bottle itself is an homage to the Frey family’s legacy of farming in Nevada. The traditional Frey Ranch stopper is replaced with a vintage tractor topper made from 100% recycled metal. 

The bottle is nestled in exterior packaging reminiscent of a grain silo – a cheeky nod to the grains silos that pepper the picturesque landscape at the Frey Ranch farm in Fallon. The Frey family motto “Be good to the land and the land will be good to you” is prominently featured on the packaging as a reminder of Frey Ranch Distillery’s commonsense approach to sustainability.

With an SRP of $249.99, only 600 numbered bottles are available for purchase, limited to one bottle per person both online and in the Tasting Room. Exactly 333 will be available online via a special Harvester lottery landing page. On Saturday, September 27, an additional 150 bottles will be available exclusively in the Frey Ranch Tasting Room in Fallon, Nevada. In the coming weeks, a very limited number of bottles will be available at select retailers across Nevada and California.

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