Buzzard’s Roost Distillery Introduces New Cigar Blend Bourbon

Louisville, KY – Aug. 19, 2025 – Just in time for Kentucky Bourbon Festival and Bourbon Heritage Month, Buzzard’s Roost Distillery is unleashing its newest limited time offer: Cigar Blend Bourbon. 

Buzzard’s Roost fans may remember its popular Cigar Rye, which sold out in record time. For this expression, Buzzard’s Roost leveraged its proprietary double oak approach to craft a bourbon that pairs perfectly with a fine cigar, and also is an exceptional stand-alone pour.

While aging in Buzzard’s Roost’s lightly charred, heavily toasted barrels, Cigar Blend Bourbon developed subtle smoky aromas and flavors of sweet caramel and baking spices. The finish is extraordinarily long, with lingering notes that evoke campfires, spice cookies and caramel apples.

“We are anxious for people to taste our new Cigar Blend Bourbon,” says Buzzard’s Roost Co-founder and CEO Judy Hollis Jones. “We know how much people loved our original Cigar Rye, and think this one turned out beautifully. My father and grandmother loved good cigars, and this bourbon brings me happy memories with every sip.” 

Buzzard’s Roost Cigar Blend Bourbon is a 6-year-old whiskey coming in at 105-proof, with a mash bill of 60% corn, 36% rye and 4% malted barley. It will be released online and at Whiskey Row on Friday, Sept. 5 and will be poured at the Buzzard’s Roost booth at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Sept. 4-7. The SRP is $85.

“Our unique double oak process really shines in this bourbon,” adds Jason Brauner, co-founder and master blender. “From our 17 different barrel profiles, we choose a handful of barrels for secondary maturation that we knew would bring out specific aromas and flavors that would complement a fine cigar, just as a great red wine complements a juicy steak.”

In addition to Cigar Blend Bourbon, Buzzard’s Roost also is offering a limited number of single barrels of barrel-strength Cigar Blend Bourbon as well as Cigar Blend Rye. To inquire about these barrels, please email Ryan @ buzzardsroostspirits.com.

About Buzzard’s Roost: Buzzard’s Roost Whiskey is an independent distiller, blender and bottler of exceptional double oak whiskeys crafted using pioneering techniques. Buzzard’s Roost whiskeys stand out for their exceptional flavors, which are created using a break-through approach to secondary maturation including 18-month-seasoned oak barrels for intensified flavors, and low-char / high-toast barrels designed to coax multiple layers of flavor from each barrel, leading to bourbon and rye whiskeys that taste like no other.

Buzzard’s Roost Sipping Whiskeys are available in 25 markets, online and at the Buzzard’s Roost Distillery and Tasting Room at 624 W. Main Street in downtown Louisville. All Buzzard’s Roost whiskeys are second-barrel aged and bottled at Bardstown Bourbon Company. Buzzard’s Roost is proud to be a woman-led company. Follow @BuzzardsRoostWhiskey on Instagram and Facebook.