Jeptha Creed Four Grain Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Jeptha Creed · Jeptha Creed Distillery
Jeptha Creed grows their own Bloody Butcher heritage corn on the family farm, and you can taste the difference — a depth of corn character that commodity grain simply cannot deliver. This is a bourbon built from the soil up, and it rewards anyone paying attention.
Nose
Toasted corn leads immediately, followed by sweet butterscotch and a thread of ripe red apple. Behind those notes sits a gentle earthiness, almost like freshly turned garden soil.
Palate
The entry is buttery and rich, with caramel sweetness balanced by a firm rye spice that builds at midpalate. The four-grain mash bill gives unusual textural complexity — creamy from the wheat, snappy from the rye, with a roasted malt backbone holding everything together.
Finish
Medium-length with lingering charred oak, a whisper of pecan, and fading brown spice warmth.
- Mash Bill
- Bloody Butcher corn, rye, wheat, malted barley
- Barrel Type
- New charred American oak
- Bottled in Bond
- No
- Single Barrel
- No
- Wheated
- No
Cocktail Suggestion
Farmstead Smash — 2 oz Jeptha Creed Four Grain Bourbon · 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice · 0.5 oz honey syrup · 4 mint leaves · Muddle mint gently, shake with ice, strain over crushed ice, garnish with a mint sprig.
Food Pairing
Smoked pork belly sliders with pickled green tomato
Joyce and Bruce Nethery founded Jeptha Creed on their Shelby County farm, growing heirloom Bloody Butcher corn and distilling every drop on the same land where the grain is harvested.
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