Bourbon Cream wins big with Garden & Gun

Posted on December 6, 2023 by Doc Brown

We are over the moon. We couldn’t have dreamed it. Not only does our Bourbon Cream Liqueur appear in the December 2023 to January 2024 issue of Garden & Gun magazine, but we’ve won an award!

In the Drink category of Garden & Gun’s 2023 Made in the South Awards, Butter Pecan Bourbon Cream Liqueur by Doc Brown Farm & Distillers was named a runner-up. Along with the award, the magazine wrote a piece that describes how we work the farm, grow our heirloom Jimmy Red Corn, distill the grain and extract the deep natural flavors that make our Bourbon Cream a winner.

It’s almost unprecedented for a start-up like ours to win an award like this in the first year after releasing a spirit. For many, getting it right can take up to a decade and there is so much competition.

This is amazing news for us and we are so grateful to the Garden & Gun editorial team and judges – not to mention all our customers out there who have put our little farm and distillery on the map. THANK YOU!

Read about it on the Garden & Gun website.

DBF in the Media: Bourbon Cream’s beautiful labels

Posted on December 6, 2023December 6, 2023 by Doc Brown

Something people always comment on is the quality of our bottle and label design, and our Bourbon Cream Liqueurs have been receiving recognition for this around the world.

All our branding and graphics are created by Ginger Monkey Design, run by Tom Lane. The smoothly flowing, handcrafted lettering Tom drew for the Bourbon Cream label not only catches the eye, but it captures the essence of the product. Sweet, elegant and delectable!

There’s a whole lot more going on too, using imagery and words to convey what the product is and what we value as farmers and distillers.

The design work that went into our packaging has been featured by both spirits industry and graphic design outlets. These include:

The Craft Spirits magazine website – run by the American Craft Spirits Association.

BevNet – a leading publication that covers the drinks industry globally.

Packaging of the World – a website that highlights the best packaging design projects from around the world.

Salted Caramel Bourbon Cream – perfect for the holidays!

Posted on November 16, 2023 by Doc Brown

Now the nights are drawing in, Doc Brown Farm & Distillers brings you some sweet Georgia cheer in a bottle.

Our brand-new Salted Caramel will be the perfect aperitif for Thanksgiving and waaaayyyy better than a cookie for Santa at Christmas. Made with farm fresh dairy cream, it’s creamy without being too heavy, has that ooey gooey caramel sweetness, a dash of salt to release that creamy sweetness, plus the fire-side warmth of Doc Brown’s bourbon.

Nothing is quite as satisfying as a good liqueur on a fall or winter evening, and Salted Caramel Bourbon Cream is perfect over ice, or stirred into a hot beverage.

Your favorite ice cream in a glass

People who’ve tasted Salted Caramel Bourbon Cream have described it as ‘so good!’ and ‘like your favorite ice cream in a glass!’ We won’t argue with those descriptions, but we do invite you to see for yourself. Let us know what you think.

This is the fourth Bourbon Cream flavor we’ve released, and it will sit alongside Butter Pecan, Coffee and Peppermint Mocha on the shelf. It sells for $34.99 a bottle, at 39 Proof (19.5% ABV).

Our first three Bourbon Creams sold out when we first released them, and we think Salted Caramel is so good that soon it will be in short supply as well. You can order a bottle today in the Buy & Ship Spirits section of our website.

Gold medals for Bourbon Creams

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Doc Brown

Pinch us! Is this real? Doc Brown Farm & Distillers has just won two gold medals at the ninth annual Georgia Trustees Wine & Spirits Competition.

These are the first medals we’ve won since setting up the farm and they were awarded to our Butter Pecan and Peppermint Mocha Bourbon Cream liqueurs in the Distilled and Specialty Spirits category.

We’re delighted to receive these awards – as chosen by the competition’s panel of judges, which includes trained experts in wine tasting alongside spirits specialists.

Here at Doc Brown, we take pride in farming our little corner of Georgia and we strive to use ingredients from this state and work with local businesses in everything we do. So, it’s extra special to be recognized here in our home state by a competition dedicated to Georgia’s wine, mead, cider and spirit producers.

Inspired!

But now that we have a laurel, we’re not going to rest on it, oh no. These medals have inspired us to carry on with our mission to make the finest farm fresh bourbon, from seed to still, using the heritage Jimmy Red Corn we grow here in Senoia, GA.

Now that our first batch of bourbons – Effie Jewel and Uncle Bogue – have been released, the Georgia Trustees Wine & Spirits Competition will be first on our list to enter next year. We can’t wait to see what the judges will think of these charred oak-aged Georgia whiskeys.

We’d like to send out a big thank you to everyone involved in running the competition and also to y’all who have supported our business since it was just the kernel of an idea waiting to be planted. God bless.

Uncle Bogue and Effie Jewel whiskeys officially launched

Posted on October 5, 2023October 12, 2023 by Doc Brown

Houston, we have lift-off! On Sunday, October 1^st 2023, Doc Brown Farm and Distillers officially released our first Georgia bourbons. For the very first time, our customers were able to taste and purchase Uncle Bogue Special Reserve and Effie Jewel Straight Bourbon Whiskey at a launch party held at The Distillery of Modern Art in Chamblee, GA.

And what a party it was. Over 350 people joined us for fine bourbon, great food, infectious music, wonderful art and an all-round good time. We are farming folk here in Georgia and we were truly humbled and inspired by each and every person who joined us for this launch. Some of them were our nearest and dearest, others we met for the first time. To friends old and new: thank you, we were blown away by your love, support and kindness.

The whiskey?

Oh, it went down well! Small samples of Uncle Bogue, the double-oaked bourbon made from our farm-grown heirloom Jimmy Red Corn, were available to taste and purchase. We sold the entire party stock. The same goes for Effie Jewel, aged two years and nine months in Georgia oak barrels, and also made from our Jimmy Red.

Speaking of which, while the party was taking place, the corn was ripening in the field. The very next day we were out on the farm, harvesting the next crop. A farmer’s work is never done, but how could we complain? We hit the fields on Monday morning energized by the launch and thinking big about the new whiskeys we plan to distil.

Availability

Even though they have only just launched, both Uncle Bogue and Effie Jewel are already in high demand. At 125 Proof (62.5% ABV), Uncle Bogue comes from the barrel uncut and unfiltered. The party stock sold out, but we will have allocated bottles with Georgia retail stores soon so keep an eye on social media. In addition, we will have a new Uncle Bogue special cask bourbon out in 2024 and will let you know when.

Effie Jewel (46% ABV) will be available in our online shop and in Georgia retail stores at $79.99 while stocks last.