PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Dan Garrison was the first person in the history of the State of Texas to legally distill bourbon whiskey. In 2006, when he founded Garrison Brothers Distillery in the small Hill Country community of Hye — a place that appears on the map primarily because it has a post office, a peach orchard, and now, the first legal bourbon distillery in Texas history — he did so against the conventional wisdom that said the Texas climate was no place to make serious bourbon. The heat, the humidity swings, the dramatic temperature differences between summer and winter — everything that makes Scotland ideal for Scotch and Kentucky ideal for bourbon — was supposed to make Texas a hostile environment for whiskey making.
It turned out, instead, to be an accelerant. Texas summers push the spirit deep into the barrel stave with an intensity that Kentucky's more moderate seasons cannot replicate, extracting wood compounds, vanilla, caramel, and toffee at a speed that condenses years of aging into a more concentrated and more dramatically flavored spirit. What takes Kentucky four years can happen in Texas in a fraction of the time — which is why Garrison Brothers' bourbons, despite their relatively modest age statements, carry the depth and concentration of considerably older spirits from cooler states.
The PX Sherry Cask Finished expression is part of the Ranch Reserve Series — the distillery's most ambitious and the most specifically innovative tier of releases. It begins with the same sweet mash bourbon that defines Garrison Brothers: food grade #1 white corn sourced from South Texas farms, distilled and barreled in Hye. After four years in toasted and charred white American oak, select barrels were moved into Pedro Ximénez sherry casks from Spain's Jerez region for another four years of aging — eight total years in two distinctly different oak environments. Pedro Ximénez is the most intensely sweet and the most specifically concentrated sherry style produced anywhere in Jerez: grapes sun-dried until they raisin, their natural sugars concentrated to extraordinary levels before fermentation, producing a wine of extraordinary depth whose casks coat their interior staves with layer upon layer of dark fruit, raisin, fig, and concentrated sweetness.
The result, in Garrison Brothers' own characterization: "dark, layered, and built for savoring — PX brings richness and depth to the whiskey, drawing out notes of raisins, figs, and toffee while still letting the bourbon speak in its own Texas voice." Rich aromas of chocolate, toffee, caramel, raisins, figs, and candied fruit layered with deep sherry sweetness. A palate of dark berry jam, baked apple, warm cinnamon, vanilla, and rich oak spice. A finish of molasses, dried fruit, and long warm spice. Texas bourbon and Spanish sherry — an entirely natural pairing that eight years has made genuinely sublime.
Garrison Brothers Distillery was founded in 2006 by Dan Garrison in Hye, Texas — a Hill Country community approximately 50 miles west of Austin — becoming the first legal bourbon distillery in Texas history. The distillery operates with a specific and uncompromising commitment to Texas ingredients: food grade #1 white corn sourced from South Texas farms, Texas-grown wheat, and water from the Hill Country aquifer. Master Distiller Donnis Todd oversees production with the same founding philosophy: no shortcuts, no sourced whiskey, everything made on site under the relentless Texas sun and through the equally relentless Texas cold of Hill Country winters.
The PX Sherry Cask Finished expression is part of the Ranch Reserve Series — the tier of Garrison Brothers releases that explore secondary maturation in wine and spirit casks beyond the standard American oak program. Production begins with the distillery's standard sweet mash bourbon: the corn-forward, full-bodied base spirit that has won Garrison Brothers its reputation as the most distinctive and the most specifically Texas-expressive bourbon distillery in the state. After four years in new, toasted and charred white American oak barrels — during which Texas summers and winters cycle the spirit through the wood at an accelerated rate compared to Kentucky's more temperate climate — select barrels are transferred to Pedro Ximénez sherry casks sourced from Spain's Jerez region.
Pedro Ximénez, known as PX, is produced from grapes that are dried in the sun until they begin to raisin — concentrating their natural sugar, acidity, and flavor into an extraordinarily sweet, dark, fig-and-raisin-saturated wine. The casks that previously held this wine carry all of that concentrated sweetness and dark fruit character into their wood, and four additional years in these casks allows the Garrison Brothers bourbon to absorb that character thoroughly and integrate it fully. Total maturation: eight years across two dramatically different cask types. Bottled at 54.5% ABV / 109 proof.
Garrison Brothers official tasting notes (PX Sherry Cask Finished):
"Nose: Rich aromas of chocolate, toffee, caramel, raisins, figs, and candied fruit layered with deep sherry sweetness. Palate: Dark berry jam, baked apple, and warm cinnamon unfold alongside vanilla and rich oak spice. Finish: Molasses, dried fruit, and long warm spice."
Garrison Brothers official expression description:
"PX Sherry Cask Finished started in Hye, Texas, with the same sweet mash bourbon that defines Garrison Brothers. After four years in toasted and charred white American oak, select barrels were moved into Pedro Ximénez sherry casks from Spain for another four years of aging. The result is dark, layered, and built for savoring. PX brings richness and depth to the whiskey, drawing out notes of raisins, figs, and toffee while still letting the bourbon speak in its own Texas voice."
Nose
Deep, dark mahogany — the four years in PX sherry casks producing a color of extraordinary richness for an American bourbon. Rich aromas of chocolate and toffee open first, the PX's concentrated sweetness arriving immediately and generously. Caramel follows, then raisins and figs — the most specifically and the most unmistakably PX-sherry-derived aromatics, the sun-dried Jerez grape's most concentrated fruit character translated directly into the whisky. Candied fruit and deep sherry sweetness layer throughout. Beneath the PX richness, the Garrison Brothers Texas bourbon character remains present and specifically audible — the corn sweetness and the toasted American oak's vanilla foundation providing the structural grounding that keeps this recognizably Texan despite eight years of Spanish sherry influence.
Palate
Dark berry jam opens with vivid, concentrated intensity. Baked apple follows with warm, slightly cooked fruit sweetness. Warm cinnamon and oak spice build through the mid-palate alongside vanilla — the American oak's primary flavors reappearing after the sherry's dark fruit dominance of the nose. Rich oak spice adds the Texas-heat-accelerated wood character that distinguishes Garrison Brothers from Kentucky bourbon of comparable age. The palate speaks in "its own Texas voice," exactly as the distillery promises — both the Garrison Brothers foundation and the PX sherry's dark richness fully present and genuinely integrated rather than one simply overwriting the other.
Finish
Long and warm — molasses carrying the darkest sweetness of the PX through the close alongside dried fruit and a long, warm spice. The spice extends well beyond the initial sip, carrying the Texas oak character most persistently. Dark and deeply satisfying.
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Style | Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey — PX Sherry Cask Finish |
| ABV / Proof | 54.5% ABV / 109 Proof |
| Series | Ranch Reserve |
| Total Age | 8 Years — 4 years American oak + 4 years PX sherry casks |
| Primary Maturation | 4 years — new toasted and charred white American oak |
| Finishing Casks | Pedro Ximénez sherry casks — Jerez, Spain |
| Finishing Duration | 4 years |
| Distillery | Garrison Brothers — Hye, Texas |
| Founded | 2006 by Dan Garrison — first legal bourbon distillery in Texas |
| Master Distiller | Donnis Todd |
| Grain | Food grade #1 white corn — South Texas farms |
| Production | Sweet mash |
| Texas Climate | Accelerated maturation — extreme summer heat + Hill Country winters |
| PX Sherry | Sun-dried grapes, concentrated to raisin, most intensely sweet sherry style in Jerez |
| Style / Identity | Dark, layered, rich Texas bourbon with PX sherry depth — speaks in its own Texas voice |
| Aromas & Flavors | Dark chocolate, toffee, caramel, raisins, figs, candied fruit, deep sherry sweetness, dark berry jam, baked apple, cinnamon, vanilla, oak spice, molasses |
| Serve | Neat · Drop of water optional · Large ice cube |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
Neat — the most specifically recommended serve for a bourbon of this depth and this 109-proof presence. A few drops of water open the dark fruit and sherry sweetness considerably, making water the first enhancement to try before reaching for ice.
Texas PX Old Fashioned
2 oz Garrison Brothers PX · 1 tsp Demerara syrup · 2 dashes Angostura bitters · expressed orange peel. The PX sherry's dark fruit and molasses carry through the Old Fashioned format with a specifically Texan and specifically Spanish richness.
Bottle Size: All bottles are 750ML/700ML unless otherwise noted.
21 and Over: Adult Signature Required
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