One plus one equals two – it doesn’t get much more logical than that, does it? To make one and one add up to three, however, you need some real magic. It takes a little something others don´t have; something that defines uniqueness and the constant pursuit of it. Enter The Horses Spirit Company, which was founded in the Black Forest in 2020. Its aim? To blend the centuries-old distilling expertise of its home region into the traditional production of American whiskey, thereby capturing the best of both worlds on a new quest into the spirit realm. Saddle up!

We are distillers to the core, but by no means whiskey experts. In keeping with the idea that a cobbler should always stick to his last, we decided to partner up with the Firestone and Robertson Distillery in Texas to create the “All Git-Out“ proprietary mash bill. Established in 2010 by Leonard Firestone and Troy Robertson, F&R is an artisanal whiskey distillery located in Fort Worth.

Our bourbon is made with yellow dent Texas corn, soft red winter wheat, six-row distiller´s malt and a proprietary yeast strain that was captured from a Texas pecan. By law, all straight bourbon whiskey must be aged at least two years in charred oak barrels. Charring the inside of the barrel caramelises the natural wood sugars that will impart body, colour, and sweet and toasty flavours to the whiskey. It also breaks down the lignin, lipids, and tannins in the wood, which infuses vanilla, spice, oak, coconut, and floral flavours into the final product. The key to producing this fully matured and balanced bourbon, however, is temperature fluctuation. In hot temperatures – you folks ever been to Texas? – the whiskey permeates the charred oak; when things get colder, it recedes back into the barrel. The more the whiskey works its way into and back out of the oak, the faster it will mature while gaining character and balance.