This 2127 release was not bottled to be sold. a sample would be given to every attendee today, until the barrel runs dry.
Sam does not want to profit from this, this is how he finally did it. He removed all the pressure, financial and commercial, and focused on creating something to give all their fans. Something to make them happy, something to bring them together. Something to give back to the world of whiskey.
The crowds roar as Sam walks out the
warehouse and ushers all to queue up
for their taste of the 2127 barrel.
Maybe he’d figured it out, he thinks,
maybe it was all the pressure that
hindered his ancestors. Maybe this is it.
Oh well, he thought as he swallows his
own sample, guess we’ll see next year.
The sun shines down on the MB Roland distillery as the crowd grows and grows, all there for a taste of the barrel.
For generations the family has tried to replicate that one single barrel their descendants created in 2024. And now, over a century later, they have done it again.
It took endless experimentation and only the perfect combination of food-grade corn, rye and malted barley - going through each kernel by hand was tedious but necessary. The water and yeast, the fermentation and distillation, countless batches made again and again and again. Maturation in only the finest American oak barrels across the land, some above some below ground, moved constantly.
When the 2024 release went out to the world the bourbon industry exploded.
Reviewers were lost for words, some over-excited drinkers claimed two shared drops could create lifelong friendships, while others claimed a dram gave them unfiltered knowledge. Some tried to rob the distillery, while others vowed never to taste it as afterwards, normal bourbon would never again taste the same.
Rumors and theories soared and bottles entered the secondary markets at 100 times the retail price. The bottles all disappeared, either locked away in a cellar or consumed in a frenzy. But the hardest part for the family was that MB Roland was expected to remake the release. everyone waited year after year. The pressure was too much, and distiller after distiller failed - until now.
Paul Roland, the great grandson of the 2024 distiller walked out of the warehouse to crowds as far as the eye could see.
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