Alabama’s first straight bourbon whiskey

Dettling Small Batch

To make Dettling bourbon, Big Escambia starts with a corn with a cake-like, bready flavor and combines it with six grains for the mash.
“That’s a lot,” he said. “That’s probably kind of at the maximum of complexity that really ends up in the end-product. Any more than that gets lost in the noise.”
The yeast and the fermenting and distilling all take place before the barreling. The barrel will add about half of the remaining flavor to produce the final bourbon. All of it happens at Big Escambia’s distillery at the end of a dirt road in Atmore.
“It’s intentionally different, but It’s hopefully not outside of broad appeal,” he said. “You want really everybody to be able to enjoy it right off the bat. That gets them hooked, that gets them paying attention. We have some things coming that will take time. Those things will be really special.”