Limestone Branch Distillery collaborates with Ross & Squibb Distillery on 2025 release of Yellowstone Limited Edition

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Limestone Branch Distillery, in collaboration with Ross & Squibb Distillery, announces the release of its 2025 Yellowstone Limited Edition bourbon to celebrate the collection's 10th anniversary. The special release features a blend of three unique mash bills aged 10 years and is bottled at 105 proof (52.5% ABV).

The limited edition will have an allocation of 10,000 cases and will be available in September 2025 at a suggested retail price of $99.99 per 750mL bottle. The bourbon features an aroma of vanilla, oak, and citrus, with tasting notes including caramel, vanilla, toffee, and stone fruit, finishing with charred oak, honey, cherry, and cinnamon notes.

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MGPI's limited-edition Yellowstone release represents premium positioning with potential for incremental revenue impact through strategic pricing and controlled distribution.

The 2025 Yellowstone Limited Edition represents a strategic premium offering from MGPI's portfolio, with the $99.99 price point and limited 10,000 case allocation creating a calculated scarcity model. This collaborative effort between Limestone Branch and Ross & Squibb distilleries showcases MGPI's vertical integration capabilities, leveraging expertise across its acquired properties.

The release is particularly notable for its cross-distillery blending approach – a first for the brand – which maximizes MGPI's diverse whiskey stocks while maintaining the craft narrative that consumers value in the premium bourbon segment. With 10-year aged stock across three mash bills, this represents significant inventory investment finally coming to market.

From a revenue perspective, this limited release could generate approximately $12 million in wholesale revenue (assuming standard industry markups). While modest relative to MGPI's overall operations, limited editions serve critical strategic functions: they create halo effects for core product lines, establish price anchors that elevate brand perception, and cultivate collector engagement that drives secondary market activity.

The timing alongside Bourbon Heritage Month maximizes visibility in a crowded fall release calendar, while the previous edition's gold medals at prestigious competitions provide validation for the premium positioning. The product maintains production cost efficiency through consistent bottling proof (52.5%) while delivering differentiation through the blending approach rather than costly finishing techniques used by competitors.

10th anniversary expression features a blend of three unique mash bills aged 10 years and bottled at 105 proof

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate a decade of excellence across its award-winning annual Limited Edition collection, Limestone Branch Distillery released its 2025 Yellowstone Limited Edition, a unique blend of straight bourbon whiskeys thoughtfully aged 10 years. The series debuted in 2015 to honor the finest spirits worthy of the Yellowstone Bourbon name.

In the pioneering spirit of Yellowstone Bourbon, Founder and Master Distiller Stephen Beam and the team at Limestone Branch Distillery collaborated with the blending team at Ross & Squibb Distillery – one of the most historic distilleries in America – to create the 10^th anniversary release. For the first time, the combined team chose barrels from the Indiana and Kentucky distilleries to blend for this year's unique and high-quality commemorative expression.

The 2025 release includes three unique mash bills aged 10 years and is bottled at 105 proof (52.5% ABV) in tribute to the debut of Yellowstone Limited Edition in 2015. An allocation of 10,000 (3-in) cases will be on shelf in September at retail and Limestone Branch Distillery, just in time for Bourbon Heritage Month, for a minimum suggested retail price of $99.99 per 750mL bottle. 

"We've done something different with this special annual release every year since 2015," said Beam. "This year's 10-year anniversary Limited Edition represents my natural progression of experimenting with blending, using three unique mash bills to create a remarkable product. In partnership with the Ross & Squibb team, we pushed the boundaries of innovation by creating our first blend featuring barrels from the Indiana and Kentucky distilleries – without compromising on our commitment to quality that has kept the Yellowstone Bourbon brand on shelf for more than 150 years."

The 2025 Yellowstone Limited Edition release features an aroma of vanilla, oak and hints of citrus. The body includes tastes of rich caramel, vanilla, toffee and hints of stone fruit on the palate, and a lingering finish of charred oak with notes of honey, cherry and cinnamon. Presented in a custom-designed embossed Yellowstone Limited Edition bottle, the 2025 anniversary edition features a high-quality natural cork, and a unique black and gold label highlighting the bold 10-year age statement, anniversary details and Beam's signature.

The 2024 Yellowstone Limited Edition release earned gold medals at the 2025 ASCOT Awards and San Francisco World Spirits Competition. A product locator for Yellowstone Limited Edition can be found here.

About Yellowstone Bourbon
Founded by pioneer distiller Joseph Bernard Dant, Yellowstone Bourbon was named after the United States' first national park in 1872. In 2011, seventh-generation Master Distiller Stephen Beam – a descendant of both the historic Dant and Beam distilling families – founded Lebanon, Kentucky-based Limestone Branch Distillery and resurrected the Yellowstone brand with the creation of Yellowstone Select Bourbon. Expressions in our Yellowstone family of premium bourbons and whiskeys have earned many spirits industry awards, including platinum at the 2025 ASCOT Awards and gold at the 2025 SIP Awards and San Francisco World Spirits Competition for Yellowstone Small Batch 107. Since 2018, we have partnered with the National Parks Conservation Association as one of NPCA's largest corporate sponsors, having donated $1 million to preserve national parks. To learn more, visit YellowstoneBourbon.com and follow on Facebook and Instagram.

About Luxco
Founded in St. Louis in 1958 by the Lux family, Luxco is a leading producer, supplier, importer and bottler of beverage alcohol products with a mission to meet the needs and exceed the expectations of consumers, associates and business partners. Luxco operates as MGP Ingredients Inc. (Nasdaq: MGPI) Branded Spirits division since its acquisition in 2021. The company's extensive and award-winning premium portfolio includes brands from four distilleries: Ross & Squibb Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, where Penelope and Remus bourbon are produced; Bardstown, Kentucky-based Lux Row Distillers, home of Rebel, Ezra Brooks, and Blood Oath bourbons; Lebanon, Kentucky-based Limestone Branch Distillery, maker of Yellowstone Bourbon; and Arandas, Mexico-based Destiladora Gonzalez Lux, producer of 100% agave tequilas including Cortada, El Mayor, Escasa and Exotico. For more information, visit Luxco.com.

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FAQ

What is special about the 2025 Yellowstone Limited Edition bourbon from MGP Ingredients (NYSE:MGPI)?

The 2025 edition marks the 10th anniversary of the collection, featuring a unique blend of three mash bills aged 10 years, bottled at 105 proof, and represents the first collaboration between Limestone Branch and Ross & Squibb distilleries.

How much will the 2025 Yellowstone Limited Edition bourbon cost?

The 2025 Yellowstone Limited Edition bourbon will be priced at $99.99 per 750mL bottle.

When will the 2025 Yellowstone Limited Edition bourbon be available?

The bourbon will be available in September 2025, during Bourbon Heritage Month, at retail locations and Limestone Branch Distillery.

How many cases of the 2025 Yellowstone Limited Edition bourbon will be produced?

The release will have an allocation of 10,000 cases.

What are the tasting notes of the 2025 Yellowstone Limited Edition bourbon?

The bourbon features aromas of vanilla, oak, and citrus, with tastes of caramel, vanilla, toffee, and stone fruit, finishing with charred oak, honey, cherry, and cinnamon notes.