
Four Roses Super Premium Platinum Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Product information for Four Roses Super Premium Platinum Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Whiskey: Four Roses Super Premium Platinum Kentucky Straight Bourbon This bourbon can only be found in Japan, a fact that is at first confusing until you remember that in 2002, Kirin Brewery Company purchased Four Roses. The bourbon is distilled and aged at the Four Roses distillery in Kentucky before it is shipped to Japan to be bottled. The bottle features the classic Four Roses flower symbol in metal. Order from the Largest & Most Trusted Premium Spirits Marketplace! Featured in ROLLING STONE MEN'S JOURNAL US WEEKLY Size: 750ML Proof: 86 (43% ABV) Origin: United States Distillery: Four Roses Distillery This bourbon is one of two Four Roses products that are sold only in Japan, with the other being Four Roses Black Label. Four Roses Super Premium is a completely different product than what you can buy in the U.S. While it uses the same traditional Four Roses recipes, the percentages are different than what you will find in a Four Roses Yellow or Four Roses Small Batch in the U.S. It’s rumored that Super Premium uses several of the recipes, and 80% of the Bourbon must have been aged a minimum of 8 years while 20% aged 10 years or greater. The bourbon is dumped from the barrel at the Four Roses distillery in Kentucky and then sent over to Kirin in Japan for bottling and distribution. Additionally while this is an export-only bourbon, it is bottled at 750ml versus the standard 700ml that many other export-only bourbons are bottled at, including Four Roses Black Label. The bottle contains the classic embossed Four Roses flower symbol that can be found on other bottlings, however the symbol itself is made of a light metal versus glass. Incidentally, this bourbon is also sometimes referred to as Four Roses “Platinum. Four Roses Super Premium Platinum Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Tasting Notes Nose: Palate: Finish: Distillery Information Four Roses Distillery is a special place with a special page in history. One of only six distilleries that were permitted to operate during Prohibition to produce medicinal Bourbon, it has an intriguing history. Sitting on the banks of the Salt River in the serene rural part of Kentucky, it saw ups and downs, until it was resurrected in 2002.






















