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With ‘Bare Knuckle,’ KO to release first wheat whiskey

MANASSAS, Va. — A gin distillery in Manassas will get deeper into the whiskey business on Friday.

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KO Distilling is releasing their first-ever brown spirit, Bare Knuckle American Wheat Whiskey, just in time for Black Friday. Containing a high wheat and no corn mash bill of 60% wheat, 30% rye and 10% malted barley, all from Bay’s Best Feed Farm in Heathsville, Va., Bare Knuckle has been aged for a year in full-size 53-gallon new charred American Oak barrels.

KO Distilling will unveil Bare Knuckle American Wheat Whiskey at a public release event, Black Friday, November 25th from 1:00pm-7:00pm at their distillery in Manassas. To mark this special occasion, KO is offering a limited number of commemorative bottles of Bare Knuckle to the general public. Each commemorative bottle comes with a special label that has been hand numbered and signed by both Bill Karlson and John O’Mara, KO’s founders.

As of January 1st, 2017, Bare Knuckle American Wheat Whiskey will be on the shelves at 100 Virginia ABC stores. Starting in December, it will also be available at liquor stores, restaurants and bars in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Delaware.

The distillery already offers a white whiskey, and three types of gin.

KO Distillery over the summer received $50,000 in grant monies to expand it’s Manassas City-based operation, hire new employees, and to source Virginia grains for its products exclusively from state producers. 

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