As an homage to the creative spirit of our city, this limited-edition 10 Year release was specially selected by bartenders across New York’s iconic boroughs. Assembled with five barrels to represent our five boroughs, we deliver a whiskey as rich & complex as New York itself. Pacify the chaos of the city with a neat pour & sip slowly.
“For the 23 years I've been living in New York City, I’ve never tired of it. It is addictively full of potential; art to experience, new tastes and smells to perceive, and stories to live and learn. I feel much the same about the realm of whiskey. It felt only right to bring together these two complex, complicated and beautiful worlds, with the help of some incredibly talented bartenders.”
Sienna Jevremov,
Widow Jane Head Distiller & Blender
I'd love to drink Borough Blend next to a fire pit, looking at the stars somewhere by Bear Mountain, with the limestone characteristic of the water from the Widow Jane mines in Rosendale showing up in the finish. Queens is magnetic and multicultural — a blend of backgrounds, food, culture, depth, mystery, and the kind of diversity that reminds you Manhattan is not the whole city.
I'd take Borough Blend with friends in a park, sitting on the grass and enjoying the sunset — maybe classic Central Park, or by the river in a quiet part of Battery Park. Manhattan is bold and unapologetic, electric, with just enough sweetness and spice to keep it interesting: Chinatown, the Lower East Side, hidden speakeasy bars, traffic noise and sirens on the Williamsburg Bridge, and a city that loves you back once you find your space in it.
If I'm drinking Borough Blend anywhere in New York, I'm taking it on the N train, because it's being held between stations and I'll probably be there for a while. Queens is an Old Fashioned: it can be made from anything, fancy and dressed up or regular and for the people — built on camaraderie, elbow grease, brass tacks, and a car honking just as the light turns green.
I'd drink Borough Blend on the ferry, so you can view all the boroughs as you enjoy all the hardworking decisions that made the blend. Brooklyn is a Trinidad Sour with Paradigm Rye, because of the West Indian influence — a myriad of unique individual flavors, DJs representing every style of music across the city, halal carts, Prospect Park, and one word: Yerrrrrrrrrr.
I'd take Borough Blend to Liberty Island, where New York shows up in the finish as a rugged sweetness. The Bronx is Coquito, Boogie-down, strong but balanced like a Boulevardier: Kingsbridge, Van Cortlandt Park, Arthur Ave, chopped cheese, late-night Chinese, and NYC has the best pizza in the USA.
I'd take Borough Blend to South Street Seaport, with views of the bridges, the sound of rush hour traffic on the FDR, and cobblestone streets giving that full NYC feel. Staten Island is eclectic — Budweiser or an Italian Pinot Grigio, dollar slice nostalgia, local craft beer and whiskey, Snug Harbor, St. George waterfront views, and a little safe haven close enough to the chaos but far enough to come home to a quiet neighborhood by a park.
| 1.25 oz | Widow Jane Borough Blend |
| 0.75 oz | Lofi Sweet |
| 1 Tsp | Giffard Peach |
| 1 Tsp | Lazzaroni Amaretto |
| 1 dash | Angostura Bitters |
| 1 dash | Absinthe |
| 1 dash | Saline |
| Combine all ingredients in a stirring glass and top with ice. Stir and strain into a chilled Nick & Nora glass. | |
| 2.0 oz | Widow Jane Borough Blend |
| 0.5 oz | Cocchi Dry Vermouth |
| 0.5 oz | Cocchi Torino Sweet Vermouth |
| 0.25 oz | Lemon Acid Cordial |
| 4 drops | Chartreuse Vegetal Elixir |
| 4 | Transatlantic Bitters |
| 1 | Lemon Coin |
| Combine all ingredients in a stirring glass and top with ice. Stir and strain into a chilled coupe glass. | |
| 2.0 oz | Widow Jane Borough Blend |
| 1 shot | Espresso |
| 0.75 oz | Dark Crème de Cacao |
| 0.5 oz | Italian Amaro |
| 2 dash | Dashes Orange bitters |
| 1 | egg white |
| Combine all ingredients into a shaker tin and dry shake. Top with ice and shake again. Double strain into a chilled rocks glass and top with grated dark chocolate. | |
| 1.5 oz | Widow Jane Borough Blend |
| 0.75 oz | Freshly squeezed lemon juice |
| 0.75 oz | Maple syrup |
| 0.5 oz | Apple brandy |
| 0.5 oz | Port wine |
| Add all ingredients except the port wine to a shaker tin and top with ice. Shake until chilled and strain over ice in a rocks glass. Pour a float of port wine over the back of barspoon. | |
The bartenders involved in the selection of this special product picked a blend that exemplifies the intensity of Window Jane 10 Year. The floral notes in Borough Blend push the fruit into new territories, and the salinity amplifies the nuttiness, warm spice, and dark coffee.
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