Since adding Ben Holladay and Holladay Soft Red Wheat to the site earlier this year they’ve both been met with great response. Both Missouri bourbon, both aged stated 6 years, Bottled-in-Bond, and both absolutely delicious. I remember catching pictures here and there online of barrel proof versions of them both available at their distillery in Weston, MO – eagerly awaiting the chance to try them myself. We’re excited to say that Ben Holladay Rickhouse Proof and Holladay Soft Red Wheat Rickhouse proof are now available here on Seelbach’s. If you want to dive a bit deeper into the differences in each batch, check out the distiller’s journal here.
The Holladay Distillery was founded in 1856, making it both the oldest distillery in the state of Missouri and the oldest distillery west of the Mississippi still operating on its original site. The property sits on active limestone springs that were first charted by Lewis and Clark in 1804, more than fifty years before Ben Holladay purchased the land that would later become his legacy.
Ben Holladay Bourbon is classified as a Real Missouri Bourbon under a 2019 law requiring that any whiskey labeled as Missouri bourbon must not only meet the federal standards for bourbon, but also be mashed, fermented, distilled, aged, and bottled in the state; aged in oak barrels manufactured in the state; andābeginning January 1, 2020āmade with corn exclusively grown in the state.
We’ve also brought in Five Farms Irish Cream – developed by Holladay and their partners in Ireland and imported into the states under their Holladay Distillery label and let me tell you… it’s dangerously drinkable.
It’s the first farm-to-table Irish cream, deriving it’s name from the five family-owned farms in County Cork, Ireland, that provide the product’s dairy cream, which is combined with Irish whiskey within 48 hours of being collected from the farms. It contains 10% Irish whiskey (where most brands in the category use less than 1%). There’s also a slew of recipes for dessert here.