Wilderness Trail Family Reserve Cask Strength is a single-barrel Kentucky whiskey (Barrel No. 771229, DSP-KY-20005), bottled at full barrel proof with no water added. Wilderness Trail runs two Family Reserve mash bills a high-rye recipe and a wheated recipe both built on cooper-select, toasted and number-4-char barrels. This barrel carries its own specific character rather than a blended house profile, the way any single-barrel pick does. Wilderness Trail’s sour-mash process and proprietary yeast strain give the whiskey a cleaner grain expression than many Kentucky bourbons. Start it neat, then add water in small increments to find where the barrel opens up.