Blue Run “Reflection I” Kentucky Straight Bourbon is a small-batch whiskey contract distilled by Blue Run’s Liquid Advisor and Bourbon Hall of Famer Jim Rutledge at Castle & Key Distillery in Frankfort, KY. The name “Reflection I” was chosen by two of Blue Run’s founders who faced personal challenges over the past two years, in the middle of the pandemic and while launching the company. Pulled from existing aging stocks, this approachable bourbon offers a flavorful profile reflecting notes of pancakes with vanilla-laced butter, maple syrup and a few nuts thrown in, leading to an herb garden full of rosemary bushes. The savory note mellows out through the mid-palate as a dusting of nutmeg rounds out the finish with hints of woody maple syrup and a final echo of tart cherry.