J Mattingly 1845 Distillery has announced its releasing of its fifth edition Combat Infantry Badge (CIB) bourbon in time for Veteran’s Day.
This batch of CIB bourbon was aged for five years, and has been described by the producers as having notes of pie crust, dried apples, cinnamon, and roasted malt on the nose, with vanilla, baking spice, and red fruits of prunes and currants notes.
Combat Infantry Badges are awarded to US Army Infantry and Special Forces soldiers in the rank of Colonel or below who were engaged in active ground combat. J. Mattingly 1845 Distillery has donated a portion of the sales of every CIB bottle to a military-related nonprofit. The recipient of the fifth edition release is Blue Skies for the Good Guys and Gals Warrier Foundation, whose mission is to honor veterans, wounded warriors and the families of fallen heroes.
Harry Richart, president of J Mattingly 1845 Distillery, commented: “The Mattingly family has several family members who are current or former military service personnel, as well as some of our team members we work with every day at the distillery. It’s really important for us to give back to our community and we’re honored we have such great fans of our products which allows us to give back a portion of our sales from some of our special releases to very worthy causes.”
The donations from this release will be combined with other charitable donations to nonprofits such as Camp Brown Bear, Kentucky Wounded Heroes, Three Rangers Foundation, Forgotten Coast K9, and others, bringing J Mattingly 1845 Distillery’s charitable donations to $100,000 for 2024.
The SRP of the bourbon is $115 and it is bottled at 127 proof. More information is available here.
