Brand (front) or keg collar, 11.31 × 4.25 in
Filed by Skeptic Distillery
The Trail Hotel
Melrose Park, IllinoisFiled 28 Apr 2025
Wood & finish
- Class, as printed
- BOURBON WHISKEY
- Bottle
- 750 ml
Read from the front label by the extractor; each fact is the label's own statement.
Sourcing
- Distilled at
- Not stated — the label makes no distillation claim
- Bottled by
- Skeptic Distillery CO. Meerose Park, IL
Each line is the label's own statement with its role words removed. Applicant and bottler are not the same thing as distiller.
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Also filed by Skeptic Distillery
| Distiller | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 04 Mar | Luminary Reserve, Single Barrel Bourbon | Straight bourbon | Not stated | 106.6 | Not stated | Bottler only |
 | 26 Jun | Nighthawks, American Whiskey | Straight bourbon | Not stated | 90 | KY | Not named |
 | 30 Apr | The Trail Hotel | Rye | 6 y | 103 | IL | Not named |
04 MarLuminary Reserve, Single Barrel BourbonStraight bourbon, 106.6 proof
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- Skeptic Distillery
26 JunNighthawks, American WhiskeyStraight bourbon, 90 proof
- Distilled in
- KY
- Distiller
- Not named
- Filed by
- Skeptic Distillery
30 AprThe Trail HotelRye, 6 y, 103 proof
- Distilled in
- IL
- Distiller
- Not named
- Filed by
- Skeptic Distillery
More from the week of 28 April – 4 May 2025
| Distiller | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 03 May | New England Barrel Company | Rye | 7 y | 139.2 | KY | Not named |
 | 02 May | The Maelstrom Saga Series 1: the Reckoning | Straight bourbon | 9 y | 120 | Not stated | Bottler only |
 | 02 May | Jh Bards Spirit Co, Collaboration Series - Tsl | Straight bourbon | 4 y | 96 | VA | Not named |
 | 02 May | Eagle Rare, 17 Years Old | Straight bourbon | 17 y | 101 | KY | Own still |
 | 02 May | Chicken Cock | Whiskey | 10 y | 115 | Not stated | Bottler only |
 | 02 May | Eh Taylor | Straight bourbon | Not stated | 100 | KY | Own still |
03 MayNew England Barrel CompanyRye, 7 y, 139.2 proof
- Distilled in
- KY
- Distiller
- Not named
- Filed by
- New England Barrel Company
02 MayThe Maelstrom Saga Series 1: the ReckoningStraight bourbon, 9 y, 120 proof
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- unbound spirits
02 MayJh Bards Spirit Co, Collaboration Series - TslStraight bourbon, 4 y, 96 proof
- Distilled in
- VA
- Distiller
- Not named
- Filed by
- J. H. Bards Spirit
02 MayEagle Rare, 17 Years OldStraight bourbon, 17 y, 101 proof
- Distilled in
- KY
- Distiller
- Own still
- Filed by
- BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY
02 MayChicken CockWhiskey, 10 y, 115 proof
- Distilled in
- Not stated
- Distiller
- Bottler only
- Filed by
- The Bardstown Bourbon Company
02 MayEh TaylorStraight bourbon, 100 proof
- Distilled in
- KY
- Distiller
- Own still
- Filed by
- BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY
Where this comes from
- TTB ID
- 25116001000124
- Label approved
- 28 Apr 2025
- Submitted
- 26 Apr 2025 (approved 2 days later)
- Name on the approval
- Skeptic Distillery
- Address on the approval
- Melrose Park, IL
- Permits on the approval
- DSP-IL-20044
- Class on the approval
- 141, 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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