Review: Yellowstone Recollection Series Bourbon

Yellowstone‘s new Recollection Series Bourbon was inspired not by a recipe or a person, but by a bottle. This striking decanter is a recreation of one that Yellowstone head honcho Steve Beam discovered on eBay. These incredibly lovely bottle designs were used in pre-Prohibition days back in the time when saloons would purchase whiskey by the barrel and have to refill a single, decorative bottle that sat on the back bar and served as a point of sale marketing piece. Embossed and featuring a raised, painted logo, the elaborate decanter is too delicate for the production line and must be hand-bottled for the moment.

As for what’s in the bottle, it’s an 8 year old straight bourbon made entirely by Limestone Branch, bottled at a respectable 55% abv.

Originally released as a distillery exclusive in late 2025, the whiskey is now available at retail. That said, it’s unclear whether this will be the start of an evolving series or whether the same or similar whiskey will be dropped each year.

Yellowstone Recollection Series Bourbon Review

Quite gentle on the nose, there’s a nice burst of fruit here that evokes baked apples in caramel and a nutmeg character, with a significant powdered ginger aroma lingering. It’s not at all overly woody, though there’s a certain austerity that gives the expression a fully apropos frontier character, slightly leathery and a touch dusty as the fruit blows off with time in glass.

Lively and sweet on the tongue, the apple fruit again dominates along with a hint of cherry and some banana. Spice notes soon develop and become substantial, with nutty marzipan developing in time. Increasingly creamy as it builds, the whiskey soon evolves flavors of nut butter and some coconut, with just a slight hit of oily leather on the finish.

Well-rounded, beautifully packaged, and nicely priced, this is a showpiece bottle that drinks as delightfully as it looks.

110 proof.

A- / $70

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