It’s always the barrels that the ALCTD team hopes will give a giant yield that end up doing the exact opposite.

This pick marks ALCTD’s first ever Four Roses private barrel. Unfortunately, with such a limited yield, these bottles won’t sit on shelves for long. Profile-to-profile, this one is lights out, and once it’s gone, it’s gone. If you have the funds, entertain or try the other Four Roses casks that are in the market and see for yourself who did it better.

When the samples first arrived, the team already had their suspicions. Two particular recipes stood out on paper as guaranteed panty droppers- rare mash bills that almost never show up in the market. Most people would’ve just bought them outright for the stats alone. But that’s not the ALCTD way. Every barrel is evaluated blind. Multiple rounds, multiple days, etc. And in the end? Those “can’t-miss” recipes placed consistently last. Reiterating the fact that if you’re a window shopper chasing hype or rarity, you’re always rolling the dice.

To be transparent, no one on the ALCTD team drinks enough Four Roses day-to-day to claim expert familiarity with every recipe nuance. So, they called in some Four Roses veterans to taste alongside. The result was unanimous: one barrel really shined above the rest. The OESK, aged in tier six, consistently won out in every blind flight.

That’s how The Tier Six was born. A name that speaks to what this barrel represents- when whiskey is good, it’s simply good. No hype, no stats, no chasing rarity. Just an undeniable standout, chosen the only way that matters: blind. A mother knows –Long

The only catch? This barrel yielded heartbreakingly little. It’s one of those fleeting snapshots in time- a single barrel that will never be replicated exactly the same way again. Like a polaroid, it’s one-and-done. If you’re lucky enough to grab a bottle, open it, savor it and share it!