This whiskey has a rich bourbon sweetness and rye spice with notes of vanilla, honey, cloves, and chocolate.

It is 100 Proof, not chill-filtered, and has over 38% rye in the mash bill.

Neat, over ice, or in a proper Old Fashioned, this whiskey rocks.

The Pepper family brand of whiskey is an iconic Kentucky & American whiskey brand produced from the American Revolution through 1958. After going out production for decades, it was relaunched by whiskey entrepreneur, Amir Peay, in 2008. A campaign of thorough historical research and collection of historic materials has been ongoing, and have been used to retell the lost story of this iconic American whiskey brand and to distill new stocks of "Pepper" whiskey. 

To begin the relaunch of this historic brand, partnerships with existing distilleries were formed and today the whiskey distilled for the 1776 line of whiskies is made in a collaboration with the historic Lawrenceburg Distillery in Indiana (founded in 1847). It was always a goal to one day build a James E. Pepper distillery and museum in Kentucky, and the dream was to be able to do so at the site of the abandoned historic James E. Pepper Distillery in Lexington, Kentucky. 

In the Spring of 2016, the dream became a reality and news was finally announced that James E. Pepper Whiskey will be renovating and rebuilding the historic James E. Pepper Distillery set to open in late 2017.