Ferrand Excites Whisky Advocate

Bardstown Bourbon Company is proud to share that our Ferrand II Collaboration has been named the #11 Most Exciting Whisky of 2025 by Whisky Advocate, receiving an exceptional 94 points. The ranking reinforces our belief in crafting whiskey through creativity, transparency, and a spirit of exploration and showing whisk(e)y drinkers around the globe that there’s Nowhere We Won’t Go to push the boundaries of bourbon.

This achievement marks our fourth consecutive year, and fifth time overall, on Whisky Advocate’s list, following Amrut, Foursquare, Plantation, and Fusion 1. Read more about it here.

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