UGANDA - BARREL-AGED

The Taste

• You taste smoky notes from the oak-charred whiskey barrels, dried fruit, bittersweet chocolate, Tobacco, Earthy
  

The Coffee:

• ROAST: Medium-Dark
• FLAVOR:  Dried Fruit, Bittersweet Chocolate, Tobacco, Earthy
• BODY: Medium
• ACIDITY: Medium
• PROCESS: Natural

Barrel Aging Process

We purchased a recently poured Bourbon Barrels from Wilderness Trail Distillery located in Danville, KY. We aged these beans for 10-15 days in the barrel to let them soak up the natural oak and add the flavor from the Whiskey. Here is more about the Whiskey:

“Once our traditional sweet mash process is distilled in our column stills, we enter the barrel at the lowest entry proof we know of in Kentucky. We barrel at 100 proof and 105 proof to highlight the balance of the distillate and alternate solubility expression we get from the barrel at a lower proof. 

Our three-grain recipe is 56 percent rye, 33 percent corn and 11 percent malted barley. Our rye mash bill is one we created for a broader balance of flavor to offset the typical high ryes commonly found. We use Kentucky-grown Heritage rye from our local KY Proud farm. We enter the new, air-dried #4 char, 53-gallon barrels at 100 proof and 105 proof for our Rye Whiskey and age until maturity in our barrelhouse. We age our Rye Whiskeys on the upper floors of our rickhouses for a minimum of 4 years with regular expressions expected to be between 6 and 8 years of age.”

More about the Coffee Beans

Liberica Coffee From Uganda

Liberica coffee, or Coffea liberica, is a distinct species of coffee, different from both Arabica (Coffea arabica) and Robusta (Coffea canephora). Native to Western Africa, Liberica thrives at lower altitudes and higher temperatures, making it ideal for smallholder farmers.

In Uganda, Liberica is locally known as Kisansa coffee, with trees that can reach heights of up to 10 meters and bear large leaves. Its resistance to pests, diseases, and drought makes Liberica a preferred choice among farmers in the Uganda’s Luwero District.