Alec Bradley and Starlight Distillery will kick off 2024 on an indulgent note. The brands will release their second \u201cUncut Series\u201d collaboration, this time pairing Alec Bradley Gatekeeper with Starlight Single Barrel Bourbon Finished in Vino de Naranja Casks. This is the third release of STG\u2019s Uncut Series.<\/p>\n
The whiskey brings to life the experience that Starlight Distillery\u2019s Christian Huber, a seventh-generation master distiller, and Alec and Bradley Rubin, legacy cigar makers, had when they developed the pairing. They set out on an exploratory mission, sampling cask-strength bourbon straight from the barrels to discover nuanced differences among the barrels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Rubins ultimately selected the barrel they believed captured the perfect, subtle essence of orange, derived from aging the Starlight bourbon in casks that had been previously used to age the Vino de Naranja, a fortified Spanish wine, with orange peels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Alec Rubin, Alec Bradley\u2019s brand manager of strategic partnerships said, \u201cIt would be an understatement to say that a lot of effort went into the selection process for this collaboration. Some might say it bordered on obsession. And while we didn\u2019t set out with a Vino de Naranja-finished bourbon in mind, once we landed there, we were fixated on finding the precise barrel to pair with Gatekeeper. This is a private barrel bottling that will never be replicated. It represents Starlight\u2019s whiskey-making expertise and our fascination with cigar pairing. It\u2019s a real pleasure to partner with Starlight Distillery again, to release this one-of-a-kind bourbon and cigar experience.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Christian Huber said, \u201cFor us, the enjoyment of cigars, like whiskey, has always represented one of life\u2019s true pleasures. Yet for as much as we have enjoyed cigars over the years, our appreciation for fine, handcrafted cigars increases every time we\u2019re in the company of Alec and Bradley Rubin. That\u2019s what this pairing represents to us at Starlight Distillery. It is about deepening the enjoyment of one passion by layering in another finely-crafted indulgence. To us, it doesn\u2019t get much better than that.\u201d<\/p>\n Starlight Single Barrel Bourbon Finished in Vino de Naranja Casks (112.1 proof\/56% ABV) is velvety and complex spirit aged five and a half years.<\/p>\n Only 132 pairing packages have been made to include four Alec Bradley Gatekeeper Corona (5.125 x 42) cigars and one 750 mL bottle of Starlight Single Barrel Bourbon Finished in Vino de Naranja Casks. The pairing will sell for $99.99 and debuts today, Tuesday, January 2nd. Interested buyers can purchase via the following URL: https:\/\/bourbonoutfitter.com\/collections\/alec-bradley<\/a><\/p>\n Alec Rubin concluded, \u201cWe suggest extending your new year celebration with Starlight Single Barrel Bourbon Finished in Vino de Naranja Casks and Alec Bradley Gatekeeper. What better way to set the stage for a great year to come than with a cigar and bourbon pairing that\u2019s one for the ages.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alec Bradley and Starlight Distillery will kick off 2024 on an indulgent note.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":66194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[49,2812,2810,438,44],"tags":[219,9210],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66196,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66193\/revisions\/66196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}