Brand (front) or keg collar, 11.05 × 4.76 in
Filed by Ko-Kwel Spirits
Special Operations Salute, De Opresso Liber
North Bend, OregonFiled 20 Nov 2025
Wood & finish
- Class, as printed
- KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY
- Bottle
- 750 ml
Read from the front and strip labels by the extractor; each fact is the label's own statement.
Sourcing
- Distilled at
- Not named — the label says only "distilled in Kentucky"
- Bottled by
- IN Partnership With Heritage Distilling, CO. Made IN U.S.A. Distilled IN Kentucky Bottled By Ko Kwel Spirits North Bend, OR 97459
- Distilled in
- Kentucky
Each line is the label's own statement with its role words removed. Applicant and bottler are not the same thing as distiller.
No distiller name is inferred from a state. When the label names only a state, the ledger says so.
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Also filed by Ko-Kwel Spirits
| Distiller | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 08 Jul | Ko-Kwel Spirits, Untamed | Bourbon | Not stated | 80 | OR | Not named |
 | 09 Mar | Heritage Distilling Co. Cask Club | Blended whiskey | Not stated | 90 | Not stated | Not stated |
 | 06 Mar | Heritage Distilling Co. Cask Club Reserve | Blended whiskey | Not stated | 90 | Not stated | Bottler only |
 | 04 Mar | Heritage Distilling Co. Cask Club Reserve | Rye | Not stated | 80 | Not stated | Bottler only |
 | 04 Mar | Heritage Distilling Co. Cask Club Reserve | Bourbon | Not stated | 80 | Not stated | Bottler only |
 | 04 Mar | Heritage Distilling Co. Cask Club | Rye | Not stated | 80 | Not stated | Bottler only |
 | 04 Mar | Heritage Distilling Co. Cask Club | Bourbon | Not stated | 80 | Not stated | Bottler only |
 | 25 Nov | 1st Special Forces Group | Whiskey | Not stated | 94 | Not stated | Bottler only |
08 JulKo-Kwel Spirits, UntamedBourbon, 80 proof
- Distilled in
- OR
- Distiller
- Not named
- Filed by
- Ko-Kwel Spirits
09 MarHeritage Distilling Co. Cask ClubBlended whiskey, 90 proof
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Not stated
- Filed by
- Ko-Kwel Spirits
06 MarHeritage Distilling Co. Cask Club ReserveBlended whiskey, 90 proof
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- Ko-Kwel Spirits
04 MarHeritage Distilling Co. Cask Club ReserveRye, 80 proof
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- Ko-Kwel Spirits
04 MarHeritage Distilling Co. Cask Club ReserveBourbon, 80 proof
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- Ko-Kwel Spirits
04 MarHeritage Distilling Co. Cask ClubRye, 80 proof
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- Ko-Kwel Spirits
04 MarHeritage Distilling Co. Cask ClubBourbon, 80 proof
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- Ko-Kwel Spirits
25 Nov1st Special Forces GroupWhiskey, 94 proof
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- Ko-Kwel Spirits
More from the week of 17–23 November 2025
| Distiller | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 23 Nov | Revenge 90 | Straight bourbon | Not stated | 90 | Not stated | Bottler only |
 | 23 Nov | Revenge 86 | Straight bourbon | Not stated | 86 | Not stated | Bottler only |
 | 23 Nov | Whiskey Thief Distilling Co., The Good of the Order | Straight rye | 8 y | 127 | KY | Not named |
 | 23 Nov | Private Reserve Select | Straight bourbon | Not stated | 103 | KY | Not named |
 | 23 Nov | Broken Antler | Flavored whiskey | Not stated | 70 | TN | Own still |
 | 23 Nov | Redwood Empire, Pipe Dream Toasted Triple Finish | Bourbon | Not stated | 92 | CA | Not named |
23 NovRevenge 90Straight bourbon, 90 proof
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- ALPINE SHINE
23 NovRevenge 86Straight bourbon, 86 proof
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- ALPINE SHINE
23 NovWhiskey Thief Distilling Co., The Good of the OrderStraight rye, 8 y, 127 proof
- Distilled in
- KY
- Distiller
- Not named
- Filed by
- Whiskey Thief Distilling Company
23 NovPrivate Reserve SelectStraight bourbon, 103 proof
- Distilled in
- KY
- Distiller
- Not named
- Filed by
- Brothers Wright Distilling Co
23 NovBroken AntlerFlavored whiskey, 70 proof
- Distilled in
- TN
- Distiller
- Own still
- Filed by
- Sugarlands Distilling Company
23 NovRedwood Empire, Pipe Dream Toasted Triple FinishBourbon, 92 proof
- Distilled in
- CA
- Distiller
- Not named
- Filed by
- Corning & Company Distillers
Where this comes from
- TTB ID
- 25302001000267
- Label approved
- 20 Nov 2025
- Submitted
- 29 Oct 2025 (approved 22 days later)
- Name on the approval
- Ko-Kwel Spirits
- Address on the approval
- North Bend, OR
- Permits on the approval
- DSP-OR-20154
- Class on the approval
- 101, Straight bourbon
- How it was read
- By CaskGrail's reader, from the label images; each fact is the label's own statement
- Source
- US TTB label approval (COLA), not a shelf listing or a release announcement
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