Small-Batch Bourbon Aged in 2.5-Gallon Barrels

Baby Barrel Bourbon starts with our 100% corn mash bill and takes a decidedly different approach to aging. Rather than a traditional 53-gallon bourbon barrel, we age Baby Barrel for approximately five years in tiny 2.5-gallon charred oak barrels at our grain-to-glass distillery in Sewickley, PA.

The smaller barrel dramatically increases the amount of contact between the bourbon and the wood. Pair that with northern-grown oak and years of aging, and you get a bourbon with deep oak character balanced by the natural sweetness of our corn-based spirit.

The result is rich, bold, and distinctly McLaughlin, with layers of oak, caramel, and vanilla. Baby Barrel isn't simply a smaller version of 3799—it's an entirely different expression of what time, oak, and an unusually small barrel can do to our 100% corn bourbon.

Aged in 2.5 gallon casks
90 proof, 45% ABV
750ml

RECIPES

CLASSIC OLD FASHIONED

2 oz Baby Barrel Bourbon

1/2 oz Simple syrup

3-5 dashes Orange Angostura Bitters

Bada Bing cherry/Luxardo cherry

Orange peel

Ice

1. In a mixing glass, muddle a Bada Bing cherry in the bottom of the glass

2. Add ice to the glass

3. Add the bourbon, simple syrup, bitters

4. Stir and strain into rocks glass with ice

5. Garnish with Luxardo cherry and orange peel

MCLAUGHLIN OLD FASHIONED

2 oz Baby Barrel Bourbon

1/2oz Black Cherry Moonshine

Orange peelIce

1. In a mixing glass add ice, bourbon and black cherry moonshine

2. Stir to chill

3. Strain into a rocks glass with ice

4. Garnish with orange peel

MANHATTAN

2 oz Baby Barrel Bourbon

1/2 oz Sweet vermouth

3-5 dashes Angostura Bitters

Bada Bing cherry/Luxardo cherryIce

1. In a mixing glass, muddle a Bada Bing cherry in the bottom of the glass
2. Add ice to the glass

3. Add the bourbon, sweet vermouth, bitters

4. Stir and strain into rocks glass with ice5. Garnish with Luxardo cherry and orange peel

CHOCOLATE OLD FASHION

2 oz Baby Barrel Bourbon

½ oz Simple Syrup
4 dashes of chocolate bitters (such as Free Brothers Aztec Chocolate BItters)
Orange peel
1. Combined all ingredients into a mixing glass

2. Add ice

3. Stir and strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice

4. Garnish with a flamed orange peel

BLACKBERRY BOURBON SMASH

2 oz Baby Barrel Bourbon

½ oz Lemon juice

Blackberries

Mint

1 oz Ginger ale

Ice

1. Add blackberries and mint to a shaker and muddle

2. Add ice to the shaker

3. Add bourbon and lemon juice

4. Shake to chill and strain into a julep cup or rocks glass

5. Top with ginger ale