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The Fiddler Story

When we were getting our start, we knew we’d be making a whole host of whiskies from grain to glass. While those aged, we wanted one brand to allow us to showcase interesting whiskies from across the country (including our own) that we “fiddle with” to create new flavor profiles.

Through years of trial and error, much sampling, and rejoicing where appropriate, we’ve settled on a number of year-round expressions, all of which feature different flavor profiles and fiddling: from our own house-distilled, copper-pot bourbon, Fiddler Soloist Straight Bourbon, to our high wheat, foraged bourbon that we finish on hand-harvested Georgia oak staves, Fiddler Heartwood Bourbon, to our best-selling Fiddler Unison Bourbon, a marriage of the first two – along with other Fiddler expressions both past and future.

 

The EXPRESSIONS

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Fiddler Unison Bourbon

Description & Mash Bill

Fiddler Unison Bourbon marries a foraged high-wheat bourbon, with our own in-house, high-malt bourbon that we distilled by hand on our traditional, double copper pot stills manufactured by Vendome Copper & Brass Works in Louisville, Kentucky. 

High-wheat portion: 51% corn, 45% wheat, 4% malted barley

High-malt portion: 56% corn, 44% various malts

TASTING NOTES

Toffee, honey, green apple, nutmeg

Awards

Gold Medal, San Francisco World Spirits Competition

 


 
 

 
 

Fiddler Heartwood Bourbon

Description & Mash Bill

Fiddler Heartwood Bourbon begins with the same foraged high-wheat mash bill as Fiddler Unison Bourbon. We then finish it on hand-harvested, charred Georgia white oak heartwood staves that we hand-charred and placed in the barrels for the final few months of maturation. More on that process here.

In addition to the wheat lending a soft, silky texture and salted caramel, the Georgia staves lend maple, sandalwood, oak, a rounder mouthfeel, for a textured complexity rarely seen in a bourbon. 

Fiddler Georgia Heartwood is part of our single barrel program.

51% corn, 45% wheat, 4% malted barley

Finished on varying numbers of staves of hand-harvested, charred white oak

TASTING NOTES

Caramel, maple, fresh orange, sandalwood 

Awards

Gold Medal, San Francisco World Spirits Competition

 
 

 
 

Fiddler Soloist Straight Bourbon

Description & Mash Bill

Fiddler Soloist Straight Bourbon is our own in-house, high-malt bourbon that we distill by hand on our traditional, double copper pot stills. 

Because the Georgia state legislature adopted statewide Prohibition in 1905 (thirteen years before federal Prohibition) and the “Straight Bourbon” designation of quality was not adopted until 1907, Fiddler Soloist is the first Straight Bourbon ever distilled in the City of Atlanta.

56% corn, 44% various malts
(including malted rye, wheat, oats, and barley)

TASTING NOTES

Cherry cola, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, peanut brittle, toffee

AWARDS

Gold Medal, San Francisco World Spirits Competition

 
 

 
 

Fiddler Toasted Bourbon

Description & Mash Bill

Fiddler Toasted Bourbon sees us finish our nationally renowned high-wheat mash bill – with more than twice the wheat content of allocated wheated bourbons – in barrels of varying char and toast levels for lengths of time ranging from two to twenty months.

We list all of the pertinent details on a custom label inset and bottle Fiddler Toasted Bourbon at Cask Strength to maximize the rich flavor.

51% corn, 45% wheat, 4% malted barley

TASTING NOTES

Cherry, graham cracker, heavily toasted marshmallow, pecan pie

AWARDS

Not yet submitted

 
 

 
 

Fiddler Toasted Rye

Description & Mash Bill

Fiddler Toasted Rye sees us experiment with different rye mash bills – all of at least six years of age – by finishing them in barrels of varying char and toast levels for lengths of time ranging from two to twenty months. The first release in 2023 consisted of the famed 95% rye mash bill from MGP.

We list all of the pertinent details on a custom label inset and bottle Fiddler Toasted Rye at Cask Strength to maximize the robust flavor.

Mash bill varies according to release – listed on label

TASTING NOTES

Butterscotch, maple syrup, nutmeg

AWARDS

Not yet submitted